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A person is trying to decide if they should buy a lottery ticket. The ticket costs $2.00. If the ticket is a winner, the prize would be $1,000. Knowing that winning $1,000 is not a certain outcome (state of nature) , the person finds that the probability of winning is 0.001. Based on this information, the following payoff table can be constructed: A person is trying to decide if they should buy a lottery ticket. The ticket costs $2.00. If the ticket is a winner, the prize would be $1,000. Knowing that winning $1,000 is not a certain outcome (state of nature) , the person finds that the probability of winning is 0.001. Based on this information, the following payoff table can be constructed:   What is the decision using a maximax or optimistic approach? A)  Buy B)  Don't buy C)  Lose D)  Win What is the decision using a maximax or optimistic approach?


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