There is a 0.9988 probability that a randomly selected 32-year-old male lives throughout the year. A life insurance company charges $161 for insuring that the male will live through the year. If the male does not survive the year, the policy pays out $90,000 as a death benefit. Complete parts  (a) through  (c) below.   a. From the perspective of the 32-year-oldmale, what are the monetary values corresponding to the two events of surviving the year and not surviving?   The value corresponding to surviving the year is $negative −161. The value corresponding to not surviving the year is $89839 (Type integers or decimals. Do not  round.)   b. If the32 -year-old male purchases the policy, what is his expected value? The expected value is   $nothing. (Round to the nearest cent as  needed.)

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There is a 0.9988 probability that a randomly selected
32-year-old male lives throughout the year. A life insurance company charges $161 for insuring that the male will live through the year. If the male does not survive the year, the policy pays out $90,000 as a death benefit. Complete parts  (a) through  (c) below.
 
a. From the perspective of the 32-year-old
male, what are the monetary values corresponding to the two events of surviving the year and not surviving?
 
The value corresponding to surviving the year is $negative −161.
The value corresponding to not surviving the year is $89839
(Type integers or decimals. Do not  round.)
 
b. If the32 -year-old male purchases the policy, what is his expected value?
The expected value is   $nothing.
(Round to the nearest cent as  needed.)
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