What is the connection between X_n and Y_n?

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Homework Statement



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I've done part (a) and I know what the CLT says but how does part (a) link with part (b) as if [itex]X_n \sim Bern(p)[/itex] then [itex]\displaystyle \sum^n_{i=1} X_i \sim Bin(n,p)[/itex] so [itex]X_n = \displaystyle \sum^n_{i=1} Y_i[/itex] where [itex]Y_1 , \cdots , Y_n \sim Bin(n,p)[/itex] are i.i.d

BUT [itex]X_n \sim Bin(n,p)[/itex] so where do I go from here?
 
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vela said:
How did you come up with

[tex]X_n = \sum^n_{i=1} Y_i[/tex]

?

Actually it should be [itex]Y_n = \sum^n_{i=1} X_i[/itex] where [itex]X_1, ..., X_n \sim Bern(p)[/itex] (iid)

so [itex]\frac{Y_n - \mathbb{E}[Y_n]}{\sqrt{Var(Y_n)}} = \frac{Y_n - \sum^n_{i=1} \mathbb{E}[Y_i]}{\sqrt{\sum^n_{i=1} Var(Y_i)}} = \frac{Y_n - n\mathbb{E}[Y_1]}{\sqrt{nVar(Y_1)}} = \frac{Y_n - np}{\sqrt{np(1-p)}} \to Y ;\; Y\sim N(0,1)[/itex] by CLT
 
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