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41) Lucy works as a college instructor for a fixed annual salary of $30,000. She is considering quitting this job and becoming a real estate broker. Lucy believes that as a realtor she has a 40 percent chance to make $60,000 per year and a 60 percent chance to make $25,000 a year. The figure above shows Lucy’s total utility of wealth curve (U). Lucy’s expected annual income from real estate brokerage is A) $39,000 B) $42,500 C) $33,000 D) $47,500 42) Lucy works as a college instructor for a fixed annual salary of $30,000. She is considering quitting this job and becoming a real estate broker. Lucy believes that as a realtor she has a 40 percent chance to make $60,000 per year and a 60 percent chance to make $25,000 a year. The figure above shows Lucy’s total utility of wealth curve (U). Lucy’s expected utility from real estate brokerage is A) 117 B) 103 C) 110 D) 93 43) Lucy works as a college instructor for a fixed annual salary of $30,000. She is considering quitting this job and becoming a real estate broker. Lucy believes that as a realtor she has a 40 percent chance to make $60,000 per year and a 60 percent chance to make $25,000 a year. The figure above shows Lucy’s total utility of wealth curve (U). Lucy will decide to ________ and she will definitely make this choice because it gives her a greater expected ________. A) keep her current job;Â income B) keep her current job;Â utility C) quit her job and become a realtor;Â utility D) quit her job and become a realtor;Â income 44) Lucy works as a college instructor for a fixed annual salary of $30,000. She is considering quitting this job and becoming a real estate broker. Lucy believes that as a realtor she has a 40 percent chance to make $60,000 per year and a 60 percent chance to make $25,000 a year. The figure above shows Lucy’s total utility of wealth curve (U). Of the following, what minimum salary raise (if any) should Lucy’s current employer offer her to persuade her to stay? A) No raise is necessary as Lucy is better off with her current salary than with her expected income as a realtor. B) $8,000 C) $5,000 D) $3,000 45) Marylou, whose utility of wealth curve is shown in the figure above, faces two options. Option A yields her $200 for sure. Option B has a 0.4 probability of yielding $100 and a 0.6 probability of yielding $300. Marylou A) picks option A. B) picks option B. C) is indifferent between option A and option B. D) needs more information to make a choice. 46) Marylou, whose utility of wealth curve is shown in the figure above, faces two options. Option A yields $200 for sure. Option B has a 0.3 probability of yielding $100, and a 0.7 probability of yielding $300. Marylou, who is A) picks option A. B) picks option B. C) is indifferent between option A and option B. D) needs more information to make a choice. 47) Stan, who is risk averse, can invest in project A or project B. Project A returns $3,000 with probability 1/2 and $9,000 with probability 1/2. Project B returns nothing with probability 1/2 and $12,000 with probability 1/2. For Stan, project A has A) greater expected wealth and greater expected utility than project B. B) lower expected wealth and lower expected utility than project B. C) the same expected wealth and the same expected utility as project B. D) the same expected wealth but higher expected utility than project B. 48) Mel’s utility of wealth is 130 units at $3,000, 160 units at $5,000, and 190 units at $9,000. Starting from zero wealth, he must choose between options A and B. Option A gives him $5,000 for sure. Option B gives him $3,000 with probability 0.4 or $9,000 with probability 0.6. Mel A) will choose A. B) will choose B. C) is indifferent between A and B. D) needs more information to make a choice. 49) Rhonda’s utility of wealth is 65 units at $5,000, 80 units at $7,000, and 95 units at $10,000. Starting from zero wealth, she must choose between options A and B. Option A gives her $7,000 for sure. Option B gives her $5,000 with probability 0.6 or $10,000 with probability 0.4. Rhonda A) will choose A. B) will choose B. C) is indifferent between A and B. D) needs more information to make a choice. 50) The cost of risk is the amount by which expected wealth must increase to give the same ________ as a no-risk situation. A) marginal wealth B) marginal utility C) expected utility D) expected wealth