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This is gamble 1: do you prefer a sure win of $5 or a 75% chance to win $8? This is gamble 2: in the first stage, you have an 80% chance to end the game with no prize and a 20% chance to move to the second stage. Before completing the first stage, you must select one of the following second-stage choices: do you prefer a sure win of $5 or a 75% chance to win $8? This is gamble 3: do you prefer a 20% chance to win $5 or a 15% chance to win $8? Which two of the preceding gambles are identical?


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Assault

An act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done.

Battery

A legal term referring to the intentional and unpermitted contact with another person, causing harm or offense.

Assault

An intentional act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful or offensive contact.

Offensive Bodily Contact

Physical contact that is harmful or offensive to another person and not consented to, often considered a form of battery.

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