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Clancy has $4800. He plans to bet on a boxing match between
Sullivan and Flanagan. He finds that he can buy coupons for $6 that
will pay off $10 each if Sullivan wins. He also finds in another store
some coupons that will pay off $10 if Flanagan wins. The Flanagan
tickets cost $4 each. Clancy believes that the two fighters each have a
probability of ½ of winning. Clancy is a risk averter who tries to
maximize the expected value of the natural log of his wealth. Which
of the following strategies would maximize his expected utility?
(a) Don’t Gamble
(b) Buy 400 S tickets and 600 F tickets
(c) Buy exactly as many F tickets and S tickets
(d) Buy 200 S and 300 F
(e) Buy 200 S and 600 F
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