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Confidence Intervals · Superchallenge problem

In a sample of size nn, 2%2\% of items are defective. What is the smallest nn for which the 95%95\% interval p^±1.96p^(1−p^)/n\hat p \pm 1.96\sqrt{\hat p(1 - \hat p)/n} has a lower end that is not negative?