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standard deviation and sample size, statistics assignment help

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A pediatrician wants to estimate the mean weight of firstborn babies. The standard deviation for babies is approx. 2.1 pounds. If she wants to be 80% sure that the mean weight of first born babies differ from her sample mean by no more than 0.15 pounds, how large a sample is required?

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