A fair coin is flipped. If it lands heads the person receives $1.00. If it lands tails, the person receives $11.00. If the person is not willing to pay $6.00 to take this gamble, they must be

a. risk-neutral.
b. risk-averse.
c. risk-preferring.
d. either risk-neutral or risk-preferring (i.e. not risk averse)

b. risk-averse.

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What will be an ideal response?

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