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Let {Xn} be a sequence of random variables that follow a geometric distribution with parameter λ/n,...

Let {Xn} be a sequence of random variables that follow a geometric distribution with parameter λ/n, where n > λ > 0. Show that as n → ∞, Xn/n converges in distribution to an exponential distribution with rate λ.

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