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Let \(a_1,...,a_n\) be arbitrary real numbers. Let us consider all possible \(\binom{n}{s}\) sums \(\sum_{k=1}^s a_{i_k}\), \(1 \leq i_1 < \cdots < i_s \leq n\) formed by choosing \(s\) arbitrary different elements of the sequence \(a_1,a_2,...,a_n\). Let us put \[ M_n = \sum_{k=1}^n a_k, \] \[ D_n = \left\{\sum_{k=1}^\infty \left(a_k -{M_n \over n}\right)^2 \right\}^{1/2}, \] \[ D_{n,s} = D_n \left\{{s \over n} \left(1-{s \over n} \right) \right\}^{1/2}. \] Let \(N_{n,s}(x)\) denote the number of those sums \(a_{i_1}+ \cdots + a_{i_s}\) which don't exceed \(\left({s \over n}\right) M_n +xD_{n,s}\) and put \(F_{n,s}(x) = N_{n,s}(x)/\binom{n}{s}\). In the paper the authors ask about conditions concerning the sequence \(\{a_n\}\) and \(s\) under which \[ F_{n,s}(x) {_{(n)}\to} \Phi(x) = {1 \over \sqrt {2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^x e^{-\tau^2/2}\, d\tau. \]