A fifth grade teacher assumes that 15% of her students are late for class. If the...
A fifth grade teacher assumes that 15% of her students are late for class.
If the teacher is accurate, what is the probability that the proportion of late students in a sample of 555 students would be less than 14%? Round your answer to four decimal places.
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