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document.write( "Brooks Insurance Inc. wishes to offer life insurance to men age 60 via the internet. Mortality tables indicate the likelihood of a 60 year old man surviving another year is .98. If the policy is offered to five men age 60.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)what is the probability all 5 men survive the year?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)what is the probability at least one man does not survive? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #296402 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=296402\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> probability of each man surviving another year is .98\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "probability of all 5 men surviving another year is.98^5 = .903920797\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "probability at least 1 man does not survive = 1 - .90392079 = .096079203\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(a and b and c and d and e) = p(a) * p(b) * p(c) * p(d) * p(e)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if p(something happening) = x, then p(something not happening) = 1-x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that something either happens or it doesn't happen, and the sum of all the probabilities is always equal to 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if x = all 5 survive, then not x means not all survive.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "not all survived means that at least 1 or them has not survived.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(not x) = 1 - p(x)\r<BR>\n" );
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