An insurance company sells a one year term life insurance policy to an 80 year old woman. The woman pays a premium of $1000. If she dies within one year, the company will pay $18,500 to her beneficiary. According to the company's statistics department, the probability that an 80 year old woman will be alibve one year later is 0.9581. Find the expected value of the insurance company's profit.

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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An insurance company sells a one year term life insurance policy to an 80 year old woman. The woman pays a premium of $1000. If she dies within one year, the company will pay $18,500 to her beneficiary. According to the company's statistics department, the probability that an 80 year old woman will be alibve one year later is 0.9581. Find the expected value of the insurance company's profit. 

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