The normal approximation to the binomial distribution
 

The normal approximation to the binomial distribution problem 2


For a randomly chosen person, their next birthday is equally likely to occur on any day of the week, independently of any other person’s birthday. Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that, out of 392 randomly chosen people, more than 65 will have their next birthday on a Friday.


 

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