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We take N dice, where each one is a standard 6-sided, unloaded
die. We define a trial as throwing all N of them once. Alternately
it could also be throwing a single die N times. We record the sum
of these N throws. The trial is repeated many many times. The probability of obtaining a
certain sum can be computed relatively easily (at
least when N is small). How many trials do we need so that the observed
distribution closely resembles the theoretically expected distribution?
Below are a few animations that illustrate this:
N=1: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 trials.
N=2: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 trials.
N=5: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 trials.
N=10: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 trials.
N=20: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 trials.
N=50: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 trials.
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