Question 6.394

1. Provide an example of why we would need to use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution. (p. 385)

6.6.1

For certain values of and , it may be inconvenient to calculate probabilities for the binomial distribution. For example, if and , it may be tedious to calculate , which, in the absence of technology, would involve 43 applications of the binomial probability formula.