(Table: Total Utility and Choices with Uncertainty and Scenario: A Novelist or a Teacher) Use Table: Total Utility and Choices with Uncertainty and Scenario: A Novelist or a Teacher. Suppose that the probability that a biography is not a success is 50%, that it is a success is 30%, and that it is a success and optioned for a movie is 20%. Given this information, Elizabeth's expected income is:
Scenario: A Novelist or a Teacher
Elizabeth is working as a high school English teacher and is considering leaving her teaching job to ghost write biographies for Hollywood actors. Her teaching job pays $40,000 per year. In contrast, the ghost writing will pay $25,000 for the first year whether the biography is a success or not, $50,000 if it is a success, and $100,000 if it is a success and is optioned for a movie deal. Elizabeth is a utility maximizer; her utility function is shown in the table.
A) $52,500.
B) $47,500.
C) $40,000.
D) $37,500.
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