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Single-attribute utility 107<br />

Choose Luxuria Hotel<br />

Choose Maxima Center<br />

Choose Luxuria Hotel<br />

Choose Maxima Center<br />

0.6<br />

High attendance<br />

Low attendance<br />

0.4<br />

0.5<br />

High attendance<br />

Low attendance<br />

0.75<br />

0.25<br />

0.5<br />

0.5<br />

0.5<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

$60000<br />

−$10000<br />

$60000<br />

−$10000<br />

0.85<br />

0.15<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

1.0<br />

0<br />

0<br />

1.0<br />

$60000<br />

−$10000<br />

$60000<br />

−$10000<br />

$60000<br />

−$10000<br />

$60000<br />

−$10000<br />

Figure 5.4 – A demonstration of how expected utility reduces the decision to a simple<br />

choice between lotteries<br />

terms of a probability of obtaining either the best outcome ($60 000) or<br />

the worst outcome (−$10 000).<br />

Now, if the business woman chooses the Luxuria Hotel she will have<br />

a 0.6 probability of finishing with a profit which she perceives to be<br />

equivalent to a lottery ticket offering a 0.85 probability of $60 000 and a

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