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SOA Exam P Sample Question #119 Solution

This Exam P sample reference tests Conditional Probability from a Density. Conditioning on damage above 2 makes the normalizing constant cancel. The ratio of density integrals above 10 and above 2 is 0.2572, choice D.

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How to solve this Conditional Probability from a Density question

Setup

Because the event above ten is contained in the event above two, the conditional probability is the ratio of the two corresponding density integrals.

G(x)=\frac{x^3}{3}-30x^2+800x

Model

An antiderivative of the unnormalized density is sufficient because the unknown normalizing constant cancels between numerator and denominator.

\Pr(X>10\mid X>2)=\frac{G(20)-G(10)}{G(20)-G(2)}

Compute

Evaluate the antiderivative over the intervals above ten and above two. Their ratio is approximately 0.257202.

\Pr(X>10\mid X>2)=0.257202

Answer

The conditional exceedance probability rounds to 0.26.

\boxed{0.26\quad\text{(D)}}

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Original variant: conditional tail of an increasing density

A measurement X has density f(x)=2x for 0<x<1. Given that the measurement exceeds 0.30, find the probability that it also exceeds 0.80.

A
0.2400
B
0.3600
C
0.3956
D
0.6400
E
0.9100

Variant answer in brief

The survival probabilities at 0.80 and 0.30 are 0.36 and 0.91. Their ratio is 0.39560, choice C.

Setup

The event above 0.80 is contained in the conditioning event above 0.30, so the conditional probability is the ratio of the two survival probabilities.

F(x)=x^2,\quad 0<x<1

Model

The given density has cumulative distribution equal to the square of the measurement on its support.

\Pr(X>0.8\mid X>0.3)=\frac{1-F(0.8)}{1-F(0.3)}

Compute

The two survival probabilities are 0.36 and 0.91. Dividing gives approximately 0.395604.

\Pr(X>0.8\mid X>0.3)=\frac{0.36}{0.91}=0.395604

Answer

The conditional probability is about 0.3956.

\boxed{0.3956\quad\text{(C)}}

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