document.write( "Question 1175898: Suppose a life insurance company insures the lives or 4,000 women aged 50. If the
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document.write( "actuarial studies show the probability that any 50-year-old woman will die in a
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document.write( "given year to be 0.2%, find the exact probability that the company will have to
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Algebra.Com's Answer #801722 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! expected value of deaths is 4000*0.002=8 \n" ); document.write( "this is 4000C5*0.002^5*0.998^3995 \n" ); document.write( "probability=0.0916\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |