The principal at Riverside High School would like to estimate the mean length of time each day that it takes all the buses to arrive and unload the students. What is the minimum sample size needed if the principal would like to be 90% confident that the sample mean is off by, at most, 2 minutes. Assume that standard deviation is 14 minutes. (Approximate the final answer)

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The principal at Riverside High School would like to estimate the mean length of time each day that it takes all the buses to arrive and unload the students. What is the minimum sample size needed if the principal would like to be 90% confident that the sample mean is off by, at most, 2 minutes. Assume that standard deviation is 14 minutes. (Approximate the final answer)

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