Question: Suppose you won the lottery and were offered a choice of either $500,000 in cash or a gamble in which you would get $1 million if a head were flipped but zero if a tail came up.
a) What is the expected value of the gamble?
b) Would you take the sure $500,000 or the gamble?
c) If you choose the sure $500,000, are you a risk averter or a risk seeker?