SOLUTION: A fair coin is tossed 500 times. Find the probability that the no of heads will not differ from 250 by (a) more than 10 (b) more than 30

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Question 1134546: A fair coin is tossed 500 times. Find the probability that the no of heads will not differ from 250 by (a) more than 10 (b) more than 30

Answer by Glaviolette(140) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I used the normal approximation of a binomial distribution to solve this. Sorry if it was to be solved using binomial...it would be best done on the calculator if that's the case.