Answer
$7$
Work Step by Step
We can find the required degrees of freedom as follows:
$\gamma=1+\frac{2}{f}$
This can be rearranged as
$f=\frac{2}{\gamma-1}$
$\implies f=\frac{2}{1.29-1}$
$\implies f=7$
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