Approximation Distributions

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Can someone explain why in distributions:

  1. $ \operatorname{Binomial}(n,p)\approx \operatorname{Normal}(np, np(1-p))$
  2. $ \operatorname{Binomial}(n,p) \approx \operatorname{Poisson}(np)$
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  1. It's the result of the Central limit Theorem in the version of De Moivre - Laplace

  2. It's the limit distribution of a binomial when $p=\lambda/n$