Brandybuck Insurance Company (BIC) is deciding whether to insure the lives of those leading a quest to Moria. Based on past experience, the probability of surviving such a quest is 85.4%. If BIC charges a premium of 5,533 silver coins and would pay a death benefit of 59,086 silver coins if the insured were to die, what is the expected value of this insurance policy to BIC? Round to the nearest silver coin as needed. If the expected value is a loss to BIC, enter your answer as a negative number.

For a school newspaper article, cienna conducted a survey to find out students’ favorite subjects. she polled all the students in mrs. lopez’s advanced dance class. why is her data likely to be skewed? honors dance students are more likely to enjoy dance than students in the general population, so dance may be overrepresented. cienna should have interviewed all the students in the school to get more accurate data. honors dance students are more likely to enjoy dance than students in the general population, so dance will be underrepresented. cienna should have interviewed only every other student in the class to avoid having too many people.

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Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?