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I think you're not wrong. Even if the pearls aren't identical, if you weigh enough of them at once the central limit theorem will be on your side.
by carlmr 5y ago
I think you're not wrong. Even if the pearls aren't identical, if you weigh enough of them at once the central limit theorem will be on your side.
- TchoBeer 5y agoMaybe I misunderstand, but I don't think you meant central limit theorem.
- carlmr 5y agoI did indeed. Your pearls might be heterogenous, but they will probably have an average weight that doesn't change much over time. The central limit theorem makes it possible to estimate quite accurately how much you have of a sum quantity including having a somewhat known accuracy of that estimate, since you get a nice normal distribution with known mean and variance.