In: Statistics and Probability
A 28-year-old man pays $125 for a one-year life insurance policy with coverage of $140,000. If the probability that he will live through the year is 0.9994, to the nearest dollar, what is the man’s expected value for the insurance policy?
a.
a)$139,916 | |
b)−$41 | |
c)$84 | |
d)−$124 |
-$125 because he paid that amount .
Possible profit = 140000 - 125 = $139875
Probability of living = 0.9994
Probability of non living = 1 - 0.9994 = 0.0006
The expected value is = (-125) * 0.9994 + 139875 * 0.0006 = -41
The man’s expected value for the insurance policy is $-41 .
Option b)