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A farmer gathers 100 sacks of oats, and wants to know the total mass. Unfortunately, his scale can only fit one sack at a time, and rounds to the nearest integer number of lbs. Let’s assume therefore that the measurement error is uniformly distributed on [−0.5, 0.5]. Using the central limit theorem, estimate the probability that he is within 3lb of the true value. Use the standard normal table too.

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