Actuarial Problem - Conditional Probability

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Given the information below $$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \textbf{Group} & \textbf{A} & \textbf{B} & \textbf{C}& \textbf{Total} \\ \hline \text{Age }26-35 & 60 & 40 & 50&150 \\ \text{Age }36-45 & 80 & 50 & 70&200 \\ \text{Age }46-55 & 40 & 50 & 60&150\\ \hline \textbf{Total}& 180 & 140 & 180&500\\ \hline \end{array} $$ where

A = Number of people who are having Health Insurance

B = Number of people who are having Life Insurance

C = Number of people who are having Critical Illness Insurance

Questions:

  • If 2 people simultaneously and randomly selected, what is the chance that 1 person having Health Insurance and 1 person having Life Insurance from group age $36-45$?
  • If 4 people simultaneously and randomly selected, what is the chance that 1 person having Health Insurance, 1 person having Life Insurance, and 2 people having Critical Illness Insurance from group age $26-35$?

For the first question, we obtain the probability of 1 person who is having Health Insurance $\frac{80}{500}=0.16$ and the probability of 1 person who is having Life Insurance $\frac{50}{500}=0.10$, so if 2 people simultaneously and randomly selected, the chance that 1 person having Health Insurance and 1 person having Life Insurance from group age $36-45$ is $0.16\times0.10=0.016$. But I'm not quite sure. Is this correct?

For the second question, I don't have any idea on how to approach the problem. My guts tell me it involves combination or permutation, but again I'm not so sure. Help is needed. Thanks.

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Assuming independent lives, $$\begin{align}\mathbb P\left(\{A\cap(36-45)\}\cap\{B\cap (36-45)\}\right)\end{align}\\=\mathbb P\left(\{A\cap(36-45)\}\right)\cdot\mathbb P\left(\{B\cap(36-45)\}\right)$$

Both calculations are entirely analogous : $$\mathbb P\left(A,(36-45)\right)=\mathbb P\left(A\:|\:(36-45)\right)\cdot\mathbb P\left((36-45)\right)=\frac{80}{200}\cdot\frac{200}{500}=0.16\\\mathbb P\left(B,(36-45)\right)=\mathbb P\left(B\:|\:(36-45)\right)\cdot\mathbb P\left((36-45)\right)=\frac{50}{200}\cdot\frac{200}{500}=0.10$$

So your first answer is good.

For the second part, use the same process for indivual lives and for the two insured on a Critical Illness Insurance we have $$\mathbb P(C,(36-45))^2.$$