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So likewife for the Odds, that any Perfbn 

 does not die before he attain any propofed Age .- 

 Take the number ot the remaining Perfbns of 

 the Age proposed, and divide it by the difference 

 between it and the number of thole of the Age 

 of the Party propofed ; and that fhews the Odds 

 there is between the Chances of the Party's li- 

 ving or dying. As for luftance , What is the 

 Odds that a Man of 40 lives 7 Years : Take 

 the number of Perfbns of 47 Years, which in 

 the Table is 377, and febtia$: it from the 

 number of Perfons of 40 Years , which is 

 445, and the difference is 68 : Which (hews 

 that the Perfons dying in that 7 Years, are 68, 

 and that it is 577 to 68, or 5*5 to r, that a 

 Man of 40 does live 7 Years. And the like for 

 any other nnmbcr of Tears* 



Vfe III. But if it be enquired at what num- 

 ber oF Tears, it is an even Lay that a Perfbn 

 of any Age {hall die, this Table readily per* 

 forms it ; For if the number of Perfbns living 

 of the Age propofed, be halfed, it will be 

 found by the Table at what Year the faid 

 Number is reduced to half by Mortality ; and 

 that is the Age, to which it is an even Wa- 

 ger, that a Perfbn of the Age propofed fhall 

 arrive before he die. As for Inftauce • A Per- 

 fbn of 30 Years of Age is propofed, the num- 

 ber of thztAge is 5*31, the half thereof is 265-, 

 which number I find to be between 57 and 

 $8 Years j fb that a Man of 30 may rea- 

 lbnably expecl; to live between 27 and 28 

 Years. 



Vfe IV. By what has been faid, the Price 

 of Infurance upon Lives ought to be regulated, 

 and the difference is difcovered between the 



Price 



