In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose you have to pay $2 for a ticket to enter a competition.
The prize is $18 and the probability that you win is 1/3. Your
current wealth is $10.
(a) Are you going to enter this competition? Justify
your decision, that is, choose a utility function that best
describes your attitude toward, compute your expected utilities
from entering the competition or staying away from it, and compare
them to justify your decision.