Chapter 2: Q21E (page 65)
An insurance company offers four different deductible levels鈥攏one, low, medium, and high鈥攆or its home owner鈥檚 policy holders and three different levels鈥攍ow, medium, and high鈥攆or its automobile policyholders. The accompanying table gives proportions for the various categories of policyholders who have both types of insurance. For example, the proportion of individuals with both low homeowner鈥檚 deductible and low auto deductible is .06(6% of all such individuals).
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Auto N L M H
L .04 .06 .05 .03
M .07 .10 .20 .10
H .02 .03 .15 .15
Suppose an individual having both types of policies is randomly selected.
a. What is the probability that the individual has a medium auto deductible and a high homeowner鈥檚 deductible?
b. What is the probability that the individual has a low auto deductible? A low homeowner鈥檚 deductible?
c. What is the probability that the individual is in the same category for both auto and homeowner鈥檚 deductibles?
d. Based on your answer in part (c), what is the probability that the two categories are different?
e. What is the probability that the individual has at least one low deductible level?
f. Using the answer in part (e), what is the probability that neither deductible level is low?
Short Answer
a. The probability that the individual has a medium auto deductible and a high homeowner鈥檚 deductible is 0.10.
b. The probability that the individual has a low auto deductible is 0.18.
The probability that the individual has a low homeowner鈥檚 deductible is 0.19.
c. The probability that the individual is in the same category for both auto and homeowner鈥檚 deductibles is 0.41.
d. The probability that the two categories are different is 0.59.
e. The probability that the individual has at least one low deductible level is 0.31.
f. The probability that neither deductible level is low is 0.69.