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An election poll reported that a candidate had an approval rating of 30% with a margin of error E of 4%. Construct a confidence interval for the proportion of the adults who approve of the candidate.

The confidence interval for the proportion of adults who approve of the candidate is ( , ). round to two decimal places as needed

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