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Tim and Allison are married and have two children, ages 12 and 14. Allison is a "nonworking" spouse who devotes all of her time to household activities. Estimate how much life insurance Tim and Allison should carry to cover Allison.
Life insurance need:
Solution. Let the Life Insurance amount begins with $ 20000.
To estimate how much insurance Tim and Allison should carry, multiply the number of years before their youngest child, reaches age 18 by $20,000.
2 year after the youngest child reach to the age of 18.
then,
Insurance needed = 2*$20,000
= $ 40,000
So,
$ 40,000 need for life insurance of which Tim and Allison should carry to cover Allison.