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(1) You are given 2 choices:

(a) getting $500,000 tax-free for sure, and (b)taking a chance on a gamble that has a probability p of getting $1 million tax-free and probability 1-p of getting nothing. Clearly, if probability p is 100% in the gamble, as a rational and sane person, you will choose the gamble because you will have a 100% chance of getting $1 million; on the other hand, if p is 0%, you will choose $500,000 for sure. Now, by gradually reducing the probability p of getting $1 million in the gamble from 100% towards 0, find the probability p* for you will feel choice
(b) has about the same degree of attractiveness or desirability as (a) to you. Use p* to compute your utility of $500,000.
(2) Repeat (1) by changing choice (a) to getting $200,000 tax-free for sure. Note: the probability p* for the case will generally be smaller than the one for (1).

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Answer:

The answer is "0.02%"

Explanation:

It will propose the percentage model i.e (
(500000)/(100)=5000) to find a good bid Therefore one percentage means
\$5000 or one individual gets
\$5000 taxable income if the probability is
1\% . For even a chance of
2\% \ of \ \$10000

However if we increase the chances of 0-100% the amount also increases accordingly from 0-1 million, we get much more than $500,000 also as the degree of attraction. In
\$200,000 respectively
0-100\% implies that its total will rise appropriately from
0-\$200,000. Thus, p* is at
50\% =\$ 100,000 .

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