Statewide Auto Insurance believes that for every trip longer than 10 minutes that a teenager drives, there

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Statewide Auto Insurance believes that for every trip longer than 10 minutes that a teenager drives, there is a 1 in 1,000 chance that the drive will results in an auto accident. Assume that the cost of an accident can be modeled with a beta distribution with a shape1 (alpha) parameter of 1.5, a shape2 (beta) parameter of 3, a minimum value of $500, and a maximum value of $20,000. Construct a simulation model to answer the following questions.
a. If a teenager drives 500 trips longer than 10 minutes, what is the mean cost resulting from accidents?
b. If a teenager drives 500 trips longer than 10 minutes, what is the probability that the total cost from accidents will exceed $8,000?
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Essentials of Business Analytics

ISBN: 978-1305627734

2nd edition

Authors: Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. Anderson

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