Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Statistics - 12.4 The Normal Distribution - Exercise Set 12.4 - Page 814: 71

Answer

$0.2\%$

Work Step by Step

The margin of error of a sample size $n$ is a $95\%$ probability that a sample lies within the margin of error which is $\pm\frac{1}{\sqrt n}\cdot 100\%$ Hence here the margin of error: $\pm\frac{1}{\sqrt {5000}}\cdot 100\%\approx\pm1.4\%$. Thus it improved the margin of error by $1.6-1.4=0.2\%$
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