Question 7
10 pts
The weekly demand for a drinking-water product, in thousands of liters at Costco due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), is a continuous random variable X having the probability density:
f(x) = Hx + 1.1x^2 elsewhere.
a) The mean is
thousands of liters(s). (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
b) The standard deviation is
thousands of liters(s). (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Question 8
6 pts
Assume a life insurance company sells a $500,000 one-year term life insurance policy to Mr. Pineda's 37-year-old wife for $450. The probability that Mr. Pineda's wife survives the year is 0.999628.
Compute and interpret the expected value of this policy to the insurance company.
The insurance company expects to make an average profit of $ on every 37-year-old female it insures for 1 year.