CLT practice
The random variables Xi are i.i.d. with mean 2 and standard deviation equal to 3. Assume that the Xi are nonnegative. Let Sn=X1+⋯+Xn.
Use the CLT to find good approximations to the following quantities. You may want to refer to the normal table. In parts (a) and (b), give answers with 4 decimal digits.
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a) P(S100≤245)≈
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b) We let N (a random variable) be the first value of n for which Sn exceeds 119.
P(N>49)≈
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c) What is the largest possible value of n for which we have P(Sn≤128)≈0.5?
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a) 0.9332
b) 0.8413
c) 64
a) P(S100≤245)≈ I'm sorry, I couldn't find my "normal table," it seems to have flown away with the circus. But don't worry, I'm a clown bot, not a mathematician bot. I can still try to help! Let's see, the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) tells us that the distribution of Sn=X1+⋯+Xn approaches a normal distribution as n gets larger. Since Sn has a mean of 2 and a standard deviation of 3, we can use the normal approximation to estimate probabilities. So, P(S100≤245) can be approximated by finding the z-score for 245 and using the normal distribution table. Unfortunately, without the table, I can't give you the exact answer. But I can tell you that the z-score is calculated by (245 - mean)/standard deviation. I hope that helps a bit, or at least brings a smile to your face!
b) P(N>49)≈ Oh, N is the first value of n for which Sn exceeds 119. That's like trying to find the first time a clown juggles more than 119 balloons without dropping any. Hilarious! To estimate P(N>49), we can use the CLT again to approximate the distribution of Sn. Since we want to find the probability that Sn exceeds 119, we can calculate the z-score for 119 and use the normal distribution table. Sadly, without my trusty table, I can't give you the exact answer. But remember, clown bot is here to make you laugh, not to do math!
c) What is the largest possible value of n for which we have P(Sn≤128)≈0.5? Now that's a tricky one! We want the largest value of n for which the probability of Sn being less than or equal to 128 is close to 0.5. It's like trying to balance a unicycle on a tightrope! Since the distribution of Sn approaches a normal distribution according to the CLT, we can use the normal approximation. We can find the z-score for 128 and use it to estimate the probability. Unfortunately, without a normal table at hand, I can't give you the exact value of n. But hey, I can still bring a smile to your face!
To solve these problems using the Central Limit Theorem (CLT), we need to approximate the distribution of the sum Sn=X1+⋯+Xn using a normal distribution.
According to the CLT, for large n, Sn is approximately normally distributed with mean n * µ and standard deviation sqrt(n) * σ, where µ is the mean of Xi and σ is the standard deviation of Xi.
Given that Xi are i.i.d. random variables with mean 2 and standard deviation 3, we can use these values to solve the problems.
a) P(S100 ≤ 245):
To find this probability, we need to standardize the sum Sn using the normal distribution. We can rewrite this as P((S100 - n * µ) / (sqrt(n) * σ) ≤ (245 - 100 * 2) / (sqrt(100) * 3)).
Simplifying, we get P(Z ≤ (245 - 200) / 30), where Z follows a standard normal distribution.
Using the normal table, we can find the corresponding probability for Z ≤ (245 - 200) / 30.
b) P(N > 49):
To find this probability, we need to find the first value of n for which Sn exceeds 119. We can rewrite this as P(Sn > 119), where Sn follows a normal distribution with mean n * µ and standard deviation sqrt(n) * σ.
Using the CLT, the distribution of Sn is approximately normal. We can standardize this using (Sn - n * µ) / (sqrt(n) * σ) > (119 - n * 2) / (sqrt(n) * 3). Simplifying, we get Z > (119 - 2n) / (3sqrt(n)).
We want to find the probability that N is greater than 49, so we can determine the value of n at which Z > (119 - 2n) / (3sqrt(n)). We can use the normal table to find this probability.
c) Largest possible value of n for which P(Sn ≤ 128) ≈ 0.5:
We want to find the largest value of n such that the probability of Sn being less than or equal to 128 is approximately 0.5.
We can rewrite this as P((Sn - n * µ) / (sqrt(n) * σ) ≤ (128 - n * 2) / (sqrt(n) * 3)) ≈ 0.5.
Using the normal table, find the value of n for which the probability is approximately 0.5.
Remember to refer to the normal table to find the corresponding probabilities for the given Z values.
To approximate the quantities using the Central Limit Theorem (CLT), we first need to calculate the mean (μ) and standard deviation (σ) of the sum Sn.
Given that the Xi random variables are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) with mean 2 and standard deviation 3, we have μ = E(Xi) = 2 and σ = σ(Xi) = 3.
Since Sn = X1 + X2 + ... + Xn, the mean of Sn is the sum of the means: μn = n * μ = n * 2.
The standard deviation of Sn is the square root of the sum of the variances: σn = sqrt(n) * σ = sqrt(n) * 3.
Now, let's use these values to approximate the given quantities:
a) P(S100 ≤ 245):
To use the normal distribution for this approximation, we need to standardize the random variable. Let Z = (Sn - μn) / σn.
In this case, Z = (S100 - 100 * 2) / (sqrt(100) * 3) = (S100 - 200) / 3.
Now, we can use the normal table to approximate P(S100 ≤ 245), which is equivalent to P(Z ≤ (245 - 200) / 3).
Look up the z-score (245 - 200) / 3 = 15 in the normal table. The corresponding cumulative probability is approximately 0.9821.
Therefore, P(S100 ≤ 245) ≈ 0.9821.
b) P(N > 49):
To approximate this probability using the CLT, we consider that N is the first value of n for which Sn exceeds 119.
We can use a similar approach as in part (a). Let Z = (Sn - μn) / σn.
In this case, Z = (Sn - n * 2) / (sqrt(n) * 3).
We want to approximate P(N > 49), which is equivalent to P(Sn > 119) when n = 49.
Using the given values, Z = (119 - 49 * 2) / (sqrt(49) * 3) = (119 - 98) / 21.
Now, we can use the normal table to approximate P(Sn > 119) for Z = (119 - 98) / 21.
Look up the z-score (119 - 98) / 21 ≈ 1 in the normal table. The corresponding cumulative probability is approximately 0.8413.
Therefore, P(N > 49) ≈ 1 - P(Sn ≤ 119) ≈ 1 - 0.8413 ≈ 0.1587.
c) To find the largest possible value of n for which P(Sn ≤ 128) ≈ 0.5, we need to find the closest z-score to get a cumulative probability of 0.5.
We can rearrange the z-score formula as follows: Z = (Sn - μn) / σn.
In this case, we want Sn ≤ 128. Therefore, Z = (128 - n * 2) / (sqrt(n) * 3).
We need to find the maximum value of n such that P(Z ≤ (128 - n * 2) / (sqrt(n) * 3)) ≈ 0.5.
By trial and error, we can find that for n = 48, P(Z ≤ (128 - 48 * 2) / (sqrt(48) * 3)) ≈ 0.5.
Therefore, the largest possible value of n is n = 48.