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Confidence Intervals · Hard problem

A planned poll was designed for a ±3%\pm3\% margin at 95%95\% confidence (no prior guess). The client now wants ±2%\pm2\% at 99%99\% (z∗=2.576z^* = 2.576). How many MORE people must be polled than in the original design?