Question

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that the probability of a worker dying from exposure to a hazardous chemical used in the production of fertilizer is 0.008. The cost of imposing a regulation that would ban the chemical is $31 million. If the value of a human life is equal to $8 million, how many people must the policy affect in order for the benefits to exceed the costs

Answer 1

Answer: More than 484 person

Explanation:

The expected benefit for one person will be:

= probability of death × value of life

= 0.008 × 8 million = 0.064 million

The number of people that the policy must the affect in order for the benefits to exceed the costs will be:

= 31 million / 0.064 million

= 484.755

Therefore, the people should be more than 484 persons to exceed costs