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I have the random variable $X\sim0.5Normal[2,2]+0.5Normal[20,2]$ and I am trying to use Mathematica to simulate, say, 500 points from this distribution. I briefly looked into Monte Carlo Simulation online, but I think they only use examples where the distribution is a "well-known" (i.e. Normal, Beta, etc.).

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RandomVariate[
 MixtureDistribution[{.5, .5}, 
 NormalDistribution @@@ {{2, 2},{20, 2}}], 
 500]

Histogram[%, 30]

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  • $\begingroup$ Wow thank you so much!!! $\endgroup$
    – J. Campos
    Jun 12, 2017 at 17:31

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