Solve in digital format please The number of hurricanes that will occur in the next 10 years is a Poisson random variable (λ = 4). Each hurricane can result in a loss that is exponentially distributed with a mean of 1000. Losses are assumed to be independent of each other and with respect to the number of hurricanes. Find the expectation and variance of the total number of losses due to hurricanes in the next 10 years

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The number of hurricanes that will occur in the next 10 years is a Poisson random variable (λ = 4). Each hurricane can result in a loss that is exponentially distributed with a mean of 1000. Losses are assumed to be independent of each other and with respect to the number of hurricanes.

Find the expectation and variance of the total number of losses due to hurricanes in the next 10 years 

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