Multiple Choice
Billy Pigskin from your workbook has a von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function U(c) = c1/2.If Billy is not injured this season, he will receive an income of $25 million.If he is injured, his income will be only $10,000.The probability that he will be injured is .1 and the probability that he will not be injured is .9.His expected utility is
A) 100,000.
B) 9,020.
C) between 24 million and 25 million.
D) 4,510.
E) 18,040.
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