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Chapter 6: Q.10 (page 354)

Fire insurance Suppose a homeowner spends \(300for a home insurance policy that will pay out \)200,000if the home is destroyed by fire. Let Y=the profit made by the company on a single policy. From previous data, the probability that a home in this area will be destroyed by fire is 0.0002.

(a) Make a table that shows the probability distribution of Y.

(b) Compute the expected value of Y. Explain what this result means for the insurance company

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  1. The probability distribution of Yis

Y($)199700300Probability0.00020.9998

b. The expected value ofY is$260.

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01

Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

Given in the question that,

Amount spend on insurance =$300

Amount insurance will pay if fire destroys home =$200000

Probability that fire will destroy the home=0.0002

02

Part (a) Step 2: Calculation 

Using the given information, the probability distribution is:

Y300-200000300Probability0.00021-0.0002

The probability distribution is

Y($)199700300Probability0.00020.9998

03

Part (b) Step 1: Given Information

Given in the question that,

Amount spend on insurance=$300

Amount insurance will pay if fire destroys home =$200000

Probability that fire will destroy the home=0.0002

04

Part (b) Step 2: Calculation 

The expected value can be computed using the following formula:

E(Y)=鈭�y脳P(y)=300(0.9998)+(鈭�199700)(0.0002)=260

The insurance company's estimated profit per homeowner is$260.

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