SCENARIO 8-3 To Become an Actuary,it Is Necessary to Pass a Series

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SCENARIO 8-3
To become an actuary,it is necessary to pass a series of 10 exams,including the most important one,an exam in probability and statistics.An insurance company wants to estimate the mean score on this exam for actuarial students who have enrolled in a special study program.They take a sample of 8 actuarial students in this program and determine that their scores are: 2,5,8,8,7,6,5,and 7.This sample will be used to calculate a 90% confidence interval for the mean score for actuarial students in the special study program.
-Referring to Scenario 8-3,a 90% confidence interval for the mean score of actuarial students in the special program is from _____to_____ .

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Definitions:

NPV

Net Present Value; a method used in capital budgeting to evaluate the profitability of an investment or project, calculated by discounting future cash flows to their present value and subtracting the initial investment.

IRR

Internal Rate of Return; a metric used in capital budgeting to estimate the profitability of potential investments.

MIRR

Modified Internal Rate of Return, a measure used in capital budgeting to estimate the profitability of potential investments.

NPV

Net Present Value, a calculation used to determine the present value of an investment's cash inflows and outflows over time.