Law Enforcement: Escaped Convicts Case studies showed that out of 10,351 convicts who escaped from U.S. prisons, only 7867 were recaptured (The Book of Odds by Shook and Shook, Signet).

(a) Let p represent the proportion of all escaped convicts who will eventually be recaptured. Find a point estimate for p.

(b) Find a 99% confidence interval for p. Give a brief statement of the meaning of the confidence interval.

(c) Check Requirements Is use of the normal approximation to the binomial justified in this problem? Explain.

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