Suppose Jessica has two choices: receive $12000 and 30 utils or take a gamble that has a 65%65% chance of a $60000$60000 and 8686 utils, and a 35%35% chance of a $0 payoff and zero utility. Assuming Jessica is a utility maximizer, what will she likely choose?
It cannot be determined.
Jessica is indifferent.
Jessica will take the gamble.
Jessica will not take the gamble.

Since Jessica a utility maximizer and by taking the gamble, she gets more expected payoff  and utils Jessica will take the gamble.

Making decisions that maximize utility involves ensuring the best possible level of customer happiness (benefit). The utilitarian philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill were the ones who initially proposed utility maximizing. Consumers are faced with the utility maximization problem in microeconomics. This sort of decision-making issue is present. Modern Neoclassical economics' central tenet is the rational utility maximization hypothesis (RUMH).

Given:

When Jessica doesn't take the gamble,

she gets $12000 and 3 utility.

When Jessica takes the gamble,

Expected payoff = 65/100 × (60000) + 35/100 × (0) = $39000

Expected utils = 65/100 × (86) + 35/100 × (0) = 55.9 utils

Since when she takes the gamble, she gets more expected payoff of $39000 > 12000, and more expected utils, 55,9 > 30, she will take the gamble

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