Consider the lottery = (0.1, 0.5, 0.4)defined over the outcomes X = {R100,R400, R900} (i.e., the lottery pays outR100 with a probability of 0.1, R400with a probability of 0.5, and R900with a probability of 0.4). a) What isthe expected value of this lottery? b)Find another lottery, over only thebest (R900) and worst (R100)outcomes, which has the sameexpected value as lottery (Hint: thesum of the probabilities assigned tooutcomes

It is given that: RS 100 400 900 Probability 0.1 0.5 0.4

Answered: Consider the lottery = (0.1, 0.5, 0.4)…

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