17 A potential customer for a $75,000 fire insurance policy possesses a home in an area that, according to experience, may sustain a total loss in a given year with probability of 0.001 and a 50% loss with probability 0.01. Ignoring all other partial losses, what premium should the insurance company charge for a yearly policy in order to break even on all $75,000 policies in this area? $

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A potential customer for a $75,000 fire insurance policy possesses a home in an area that, according to experience, may sustain a total loss in a given year with
probability of 0.001 and a 50% loss with probability 0.01. Ignoring all other partial losses, what premium should the insurance company charge for a yearly policy
in order to break even on all $75,000 policies in this area?
$
Transcribed Image Text:17 A potential customer for a $75,000 fire insurance policy possesses a home in an area that, according to experience, may sustain a total loss in a given year with probability of 0.001 and a 50% loss with probability 0.01. Ignoring all other partial losses, what premium should the insurance company charge for a yearly policy in order to break even on all $75,000 policies in this area? $
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