227.Exactly Fifty Heads
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One hundred fair coins are tossed. What is the probability that exactly 50 of them land heads?
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One binomial coefficient over 2 to the hundred. For a quick estimate, the normal density at its peak is about 0.4 divided by the standard deviation.
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