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A biologist wants to estimate the mean life span of a certain species of insect. She wants the estimate to be accurate within 5 days of the true mean with \(90\pourcent\) confidence. From previous data, the standard deviation of the life span is known to be \(\sigma = 28\) days.
Determine the minimum number of insects she needs to study.
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