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1. Consider this scenario: you have a lottery ticket which pays £100 with 10% chance and £0 otherwise. Ignore the cost o
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1. Consider this scenario: you have a lottery ticket which pays £100 with 10% chance and £0 otherwise. Ignore the cost of obtaining this ticket. Assume your utility function is U(x) = ri = x2 Answer the following questions. 1 (a) calculate and interpret the absolute and relative risk aversion coefficients for this utility function. (3 marks) (b) Explain the concepts of expected value and expected utility and calculate their values in this lottery to you. Illustrate your answer in a diagram (3 marks) (c) Explain the concepts of the certainty equivalent of this lottery and the risk premium and calculate their values. Illustrate your answer in a diagram. (4 marks)