When all factors are taken into account, an insurance
company
estimates that the probability of my father making a claim for
damages to his pontoon boat for $5000 is 0.1, and that the
probability of the pontoon boat being totally destroyed is .005.
Should that tragedy happen, the
company will have to pay $15,000.
The
company charges my father $1000 for the insurance policy. What
is the expected value of this policy to my father?
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