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November 2001 - Course 1 SOA Solutions

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39. D<br />

We are given that<br />

P x =− x + 50x−25<br />

( )<br />

2<br />

before the translation occurs. The revised profit function P ( x)<br />

follows:<br />

P*<br />

x = P x−2 −3<br />

( ) ( )<br />

2<br />

( x ) ( x )<br />

=− − 2 + 50 −2 −25−3<br />

2<br />

=− x + x− + x− −<br />

2<br />

=− x + x−<br />

4 4 50 100 28<br />

54 132<br />

* may be determined as<br />

40. B<br />

Observe that<br />

E X + Y = E X + E Y = 50 + 20 = 70<br />

[ ] [ ] [ ]<br />

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]<br />

Var X + Y = Var X + Var Y + 2 Cov X , Y = 50 + 30 + 20 = 100<br />

for a randomly selected person. It then follows from the Central Limit Theorem that T is<br />

approximately normal with mean<br />

ET = 100 70 = 7000<br />

[ ] ( )<br />

and variance<br />

Var T = 100 100 = 100<br />

[ ] ( )<br />

2<br />

Therefore,<br />

⎡T<br />

−7000 7100 −7000⎤<br />

Pr[ T < 7100]<br />

= Pr<br />

⎢<br />

<<br />

⎣ 100 100 ⎥<br />

⎦<br />

= Pr[ Z < 1]<br />

= 0.8413<br />

where Z is a standard normal random variable.<br />

<strong>Course</strong> 1 <strong>Solutions</strong> 24 <strong>November</strong> <strong>2001</strong>

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