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An insurance policy costs $400,and will pay policyholders $10,000 if they suffer a major injury (resulting in hospitalization) ,or $2,000 if they suffer a minor injury (resulting in lost time from work) .The company estimates that each year 1 in every 3,000 policyholders may have a major injury,and 1 in 1,000 a minor injury. Create a probability model for the company's profit on this policy.


A)  Profit $400$10,400$2,400 P(profit)  0.99870.00030.001\begin{array} { l | c | c | c } \text { Profit } & \$ 400 & - \$ 10,400 & - \$ 2,400 \\\hline \text { P(profit) } & 0.9987 & 0.0003 & 0.001\end{array}
B)  Profit $400$10,000$2,000 P(profit)  0.99870.00030.001\begin{array} { l | c | c | c } \text { Profit } & \$ 400 & \$ 10,000 & \$ 2,000 \\\hline \text { P(profit) } & 0.9987 & 0.0003 & 0.001\end{array}
C)  Profit $400$10,400$2,400 P(profit)  0.99870.00030.001\begin{array} { l | c | c | c } \text { Profit } & \$ 400 & \$ 10,400 & \$ 2,400 \\\hline \text { P(profit) } & 0.9987 & 0.0003 & 0.001\end{array}
D)  Profit $400$9,600$1,600 P(profit)  0.99870.00030.001\begin{array} { l | c | c | c } \text { Profit } & \$ 400 & \$ 9,600 & \$ 1,600 \\\hline \text { P(profit) } & 0.9987 & 0.0003 & 0.001\end{array}
E)  Profit $400$9,600$1,600 P(profit)  0.99870.00030.001\begin{array} { l | c | c | c } \text { Profit } & \$ 400 & - \$ 9,600 & - \$ 1,600 \\\hline \text { P(profit) } & 0.9987 & 0.0003 & 0.001\end{array}

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