A manager is interested in finding the average number of sales per day at a sporting goods store. If he wants to know the number of sales per day within plus or minus 7 sales with a 90% level of confidence, how many days of samples must he take? He believes the standard deviation of the number of sales per day is 40.

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A manager is interested in finding the average number of sales per day at a sporting goods store. If he wants to know the number of sales per day within plus or minus 7 sales with a 90% level of confidence, how many days of samples must he take? He believes the standard deviation of the number of sales per day is 40.

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