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In a prior sample of corn, farmer Carl finds that 14% of the

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In a prior sample of corn, farmer Carl finds that 14% of the

In a prior sample of corn, farmer Carl finds that 14% of the sample has worms but the margin of error for his population estimate was too large. He wants to set the margin of error to be 3% at the 95% confidence level. Enter your answers as whole numbers. (a) What is the minimum sample size required to obtain this type of accuracy? Use his prior sample proportion in your calculation. The minimum sample size is ears of corn. (b) What is the minimum sample size required to obtain this type of accuracy when you assume no prior knowledge of the sample proportion? The minimum sample size is ears of corn.