Each observation lies on either side of μ with probability 1/2. Failure occurs if all observations are below μ or all above,probability 2(1/2)^n. Thus 1−2^(1−n)≥.99 requires 2^(n−1)≥100. Since 2⁶=64 and 2⁷=128,the smallest n is **8**.
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