Everett Alvarez High - ENGLISH 7-8B6_Independent and Conditional Probability_UA

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a. What is the probability that Jacob, the newborn you’re considering for a 30-year policy, lives to be 30 years old? Jacob is a non-Hispanic white male, so look in table 14. b. What is the prob... ability that Carol, the 44-year-old you’re considering for a 20-year policy, lives to be 64 years old? Note that this is a conditional probability. Another way of saying this is, “What is the probability that Carol turns 64 years old given that she turns 44 years old?” Carol is a non-Hispanic black female, so look in table 18. What is the probability that Geraldo, the 25-year-old you’re considering for a 30-year policy, lives to be 55 years old? Remember that Geraldo is a Hispanic male d. What is the probability that Meg, the 39-year-old you’re considering for a 20-year policy, lives to be 59 years old? Meg is an Asian female, but there is no specific life table for Asian females; look in table 3, which is a general table for females. [Show More]

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