Carmen’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows: January $ 10,200 April $ 10,200 February 4,200 May 11,200 March 5,200 June 6,200 Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are: January 6 % April 13 % February 7 May 12 March 10 June 12Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months.

An insurance company estimates the probability of an earthquake in the next year to be 0.0015. the average damage done to a house by an earthquake it estimates to be $90,000. if the company offers earthquake insurance for $150, what is company`s expected value of the policy? hint: think, is it profitable for the insurance company or not? will they gain (positive expected value) or lose (negative expected value)? if the expected value is negative, remember to show "-" sign. no "+" sign needed for the positive expected value