Approximate a binomial central range

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Let $X_1,\ldots,X_{100}$ be independent $\operatorname{Bernoulli}(1/2)$ variables and $S=\sum_iX_i$ . Identify the exact distribution of $S$ and use a normal approximation with continuity correction to estimate $P(45\le S\le55)$ .

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Exactly, $S\sim\operatorname{Binomial}(100,1/2)$ , with mean $50$ and variance $25$ . With continuity correction,

P(45\le S\le55)\approx P(44.5\le N(50,25)\le55.5)

Standardizing gives bounds $-1.1$ and $1.1$ , hence

P(45\le S\le55)\approx2\Phi(1.1)-1\approx0.7287

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