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A person is trying to decide if he or she 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 he or she 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:   Based on the expected monetary value of buying a ticket,what is the best decision? A) Buy B) Don't buy C) Lose D) Win Based on the expected monetary value of buying a ticket,what is the best decision?


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