What is the maximum price you'd be willing to pay for Full insurance (that would completely restore the value of the vehicle in the event of an accident)?

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You have a car valued at $40,000. You fear that
you have a 5% chance of a car accident this year
and would estimate that the car would lose 40%
of its value in such a case. Given that your
personal net wealth, aside from the car, is
$120,000 and that your utility function is given
by the expression:
U(w) = w0.6
What is the maximum price you'd be willing to
pay for Full insurance (that would completely
restore the value of the vehicle in the event of an
accident)?
[Please give your answer in dollar terms to the
penny, thus if you find the answer to be
$45.2394235 please type 45.24]
Transcribed Image Text:You have a car valued at $40,000. You fear that you have a 5% chance of a car accident this year and would estimate that the car would lose 40% of its value in such a case. Given that your personal net wealth, aside from the car, is $120,000 and that your utility function is given by the expression: U(w) = w0.6 What is the maximum price you'd be willing to pay for Full insurance (that would completely restore the value of the vehicle in the event of an accident)? [Please give your answer in dollar terms to the penny, thus if you find the answer to be $45.2394235 please type 45.24]
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