A Person Faces a Lottery Which Involves a 50% Chance

question 34

True/False

A person faces a lottery which involves a 50% chance of providing an extra $10,000 in income-a result which would increase utility by 10 utils.The only other possibility is that the lottery might result in a loss of $100-in which case, utility would fall by 2 utils.It is clear from the information given that this person is risk neutral.

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