Use the Table to Answer the Following Question In the Accompanying Life Table of a Hypothetical Population, What

question 56

Multiple Choice

Use the table to answer the following question.
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Age (years) } \mathbf { x } & \text { Number alive at start of year } \mathbf { n } _ { \mathbf { x } } & \mathbf { l } _ { \mathbf { x } } \\\hline 1 & 100 & 1.0 \\\hline 2 & 50 & 0.5 \\\hline 3 & 50 & \boldsymbol { y } \\\hline 4 & 10 & \boldsymbol { z } \\\hline\end{array}$$
In the accompanying life table of a hypothetical population, what are the missing values for lₓ (y and z) ? lₓ = the proportion alive at the start of year (age specific survivorship rate) .

• A) y = 0.5, z = 0.5
• B) y = 1.0, z = 0.5
• C) y = 0.5, z = 0.1
• D) y = 1.0, z = 0.2

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