1. Suppose a life insurance company insures the lives of 5000 men aged 42. If actuarial studies show the probability that any 42-year old man will die in a given year to be 0.001, find the exact probability that the company have to pay x=4 claims during a given year. 2. A case of softdrinks has 12 bottles, three of which contain less than what is labeled per bottle or underfilled. A sample of 4 bottles is selected from the case. a. Find the probability distribution for x (number of underfilled bottles) in the sample h What are the reson and variance of

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1. Suppose a life insurance company insures the lives of 5000 men aged 42. If actuarial studies show the probability that any 42-year old man will die in a given year to be 0.001, find the exact probability that the company will
have to pay x=4 claims during a given year.
2. A case of softdrinks has 12 bottles, three of which contain less than what is labeled per bottle or underfilled. A sample of 4 bottles is selected from the case.
a. Find the probability distribution for x (number of underfilled bottles) in the sample
b. What are the mean and variance of x?
Transcribed Image Text:1. Suppose a life insurance company insures the lives of 5000 men aged 42. If actuarial studies show the probability that any 42-year old man will die in a given year to be 0.001, find the exact probability that the company will have to pay x=4 claims during a given year. 2. A case of softdrinks has 12 bottles, three of which contain less than what is labeled per bottle or underfilled. A sample of 4 bottles is selected from the case. a. Find the probability distribution for x (number of underfilled bottles) in the sample b. What are the mean and variance of x?
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2. A case of softdrinks has 12 bottles, three of which contain less than what is labeled per bottle or underfilled. A sample of 4 bottles is selected from the case. 

a. Find the probability distribution for x (number of underfilled bottles) in the sample 

b. What are the mean and variance of x? 

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