Scenario: Health Costs Alan Is Hoping for a Healthy Year

question 95

Multiple Choice

Scenario: Health Costs Alan is hoping for a healthy year, meaning that he would have zero health costs.Given his habits, there is a 40% chance that Alan will develop a health issue that will result in $50,000 in
Health costs.Assume these are the only two conditions that could exist for Alan in the coming year.
(Scenario: Health Costs) Look at the scenario Health Costs.Suppose that Alan decides to change his habits dramatically and as a result decreases the probability of his developing a health problem such that he now has a 20% chance of becoming ill.What is the expected value of Alan's health costs now?

• A)$0
• B)$10,000
• C)$20,000
• D)$2,000

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