X Pays a Yearly Salary of $52,000, Regardless of Thestate

Multiple Choice

X pays a yearly salary of $52,000, regardless of thestate of the economy. Job Y pays a yearly salary of$10,000 in a bad economy and $70,000 in a goodeconomy. The probability of a bad economy is 0.30.Which job would most people prefer?

A) Job Y because the expected payoff is $70,000 seventy percent of the time.
B) Job X because it is more certain than the $52,000 expected payoff of Job Y.
C) Job X because $52,000 exceeds the expected payoff of Job Y by $3,000.
D) Job Y because the expected payoff of $70,000 is greater than $55,000.