Insulate Inc. makes and sells fire-retardant building materials. In a product liability suit against Insulate, a court would use a risk-utility analysis of the company's product as designed to determine whether
A)a risk of harm outweighs the products' utility to the users and the public.
B)the product performed as a consumer would reasonably expect.
C)the product is as useful and as risky as the public expects.
D)the risk of return on investment in the product supports its utility.

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A risk-utility analysis involves weighing the product's risks against its benefits or utility to determine if the risks are justified. This is a common approach in product liability cases to assess whether a product's design is unreasonably dangerous.