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Transcribed Image Text:Auto claim sizes follow a gamma distribution with mean 500 and mode 250.
Claim sizes are independent of each other.
Assuming there will be 10 claims next year and using the normal approximation, calculate the
probability that the sum of losses next year will exceed 6,000.
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0.19
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0.29
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0.39
D
0.49
E
0.61
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