SOA Exam P Sample Question 386
Study guide: Exam P-1
To discourage traffic violations, county C charges each driver a fine of 1 for the driver's first ticket of this year, 2 for the driver's second ticket of this year, and generally n for the driver's nth ticket of this year.
The number of traffic tickets a certain driver in county C receives this year is Poisson distributed with mean 4.
Calculate the expected value of the total fine this driver is charged for tickets this year.
- A)
6 - B)
8 - C)
10 - D)
12 - E)
14
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