A researcher wants to create a confidence interval for the proportion of residents in a city who support a proposed bill. She selects a random sample of 350 residents and asks whether they are in favor of the new bill. The proportion of individuals in favor of the new bill is 30 percent. What is n in this scenario?

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In the context of your scenario, \( n \) represents the sample size, which is the number of residents surveyed by the researcher. According to the information provided, the researcher selected a random sample of 350 residents. Therefore, \( n \) is:

\[ n = 350 \]