A random sample of 400 voters in a certain city are asked if they favor anadditional 4% gasoline sales tax to provide badly needed revenues forstreet repairs. If more than 220 but fewer than 260 favor the sales tax, weshall conclude that 60% of the voters are for it. (a) Find the probability ofcommitting a type I error if 60% of the voters favor the increased tax. (b)What is the probability of committing a type II error using this testprocedure if actually only 48% of the voters are in favor of the additionalgasoline tax?
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