Recall the rule of thumb used to indicate when the normal distribution is a good approximation of the sampling distribution for the sample proportion $\hat { p }$ .For the combination n = 50,p = 0.05,the rule is satisfied.

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The rule of thumb states that the normal approximation is appropriate if $ np \geq 5 $ and $ n(1-p) \geq 5 $. For $ n = 50 $ and $ p = 0.05 $, $ np = 2.5 $, which does not satisfy the rule.

Recall the Rule of Thumb Used to Indicate When the Normal