A quality control specialist wants to estimate the percentage of defective batteries within 5% from the true value, at the 90% confidence level. How many batteries should be randomly sampled? Round your answer up to a whole number.

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A quality control specialist wants to estimate the percentage of defective batteries
within 5% from the true value, at the 90% confidence level. How many batteries
should be randomly sampled? Round your answer up to a whole number.
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