The culinary herb cilantro, Coriandrum sativum, is very polarizing: Some people love it and others hate it. A genetic component is suspected to be at play. A survey of 12,087 American adults of European ancestry asked whether they like or dislike the taste of cilantro. A total of 3,181 said that they dislike the taste of cilantro.

(a) Estimate with 95% confidence (and interpret) the proportion of all American adults of European ancestry who dislike the taste of cilantro.

(b) Estimate with 95% confidence (and interpret) a lower confidence bound for the proportion of all American adults of European ancestry who dislike the taste of cilantro.

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