November 2001 - Course 1 SOA Solutions
November 2001 - Course 1 SOA Solutions
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>