The manager's utility function for profit is U ) = 10 ln ) ,where is the dollar amount of profit.The manager is considering a risky decision with the four possible profit outcomes shown below.The manager makes the following subjective assessments about the probability of each profit outcome: Given this utility function for profit,the utility of profit is
A) equal to 198 for $20,000.
B) increasing as profit gets larger,so the manager is risk-loving.
C) decreasing as profit gets larger,so the manager is risk-averse.
D) both a and b
E) both a and c
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