A tourist agency wants to know what proportion of visitors to a popular landmark are from a specific foreign country. To find​ out, they survey 50 people in the line to purchase tickets to see the landmark on a Sunday afternoon in May. Are all the assumptions and conditions for finding the sampling distribution of the proportion​ satisfied? Explain briefly. Choose the correct answer below. A. ​Yes, as long as there were more than 500 people in line that​ day, the sample size is sufficient. B. ​Yes, as long as the day they picked to perform the survey was chosen at​ random, the observations will be independent. C. ​No, it is likely that families have gone to see the landmark​ together, so the observations will not be independent. D. ​No, due to the popularity of the​ landmark, the sample size is not large enough.

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