**Practice** An individual can play a lottery X. You know that the individual's instantaneous utilityis u(w) = √w. Suppose you wanted to know whether the certainty equivalent of playingthe lottery for that individual is higher than, equal to, or lower than the expected value ofthe lottery. Which additional piece of information, if any, would you need to answer thatquestion?(a) The values of the possible outcomes of the lotteries, the corresponding probabilities,and initial wealth of the individual.(b) The values of the possible outcomes of the lotteries and the corresponding probabilities.(c) The probabilities associated with each possible outcome and the initial wealth of theindividual.(d) The values of the possible outcomes of the lotteries and the initial wealth of the indi-vidual.(e) No additional information is needed.

a) The values of the possible outcomes of the lotteries, the corresponding probabilities, and…

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