(Table: Choice with Uncertainty) Look at the Table Choice with Uncertainty.Suppose

question 198

Multiple Choice

(Table: Choice with Uncertainty) Look at the table Choice with Uncertainty.Suppose the probability that the sitcom does not make it to television is 50%, that it makes it to television but is not the most viewed show in its time slot is 30%, and that it makes it to television and is the most viewed show in its time slot is 20%.Given this information, Norman, as a utility maximizer:

• A)should keep his teaching job.
• B)should quit his teaching job and go to Hollywood.
• C)will be indifferent between leaving and staying, because his expected income is the same whether he stays a teacher or moves to Hollywood.
• D)will be indifferent between leaving and staying, because his expected total utility is the same whether he stays a teacher or moves to Hollywood.

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