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- 4. The preferences of agents A and B are representable by expected utility functions such that uA(x) = 5x^1/3 +30, and uB(x)= 1/5x - 20. Then, the following allocation of the expected returns of a risky joint investment of A and B as represented by lottery L = ((2/3);1500), (1/3);120)) is Pareto efficient: (a) xA = (500,100), xB = (1000,20) (b) xA = (100,100), xB= (1300,20) (c) xA= (80,80), xB = (1420,40) (d) xA = (750,60), xB= (750,60) (e) NOPACLet W0 represents an individual’s current wealth and U(W) is this individual’s von Neumann-Morgenstern utility index (or utility function) that reflects how s/he feels about various levels of wealth. Assume this individual marginal utility of wealth decreases a wealth increases. Which of the following statements is true? a. This individual will prefer to keep his or her current wealth rather than taking a fair gamble. b. For this individual, a 50-50 chance of winning or losing c dollars yields less expected utility than does refusing the bet. c. This individual is said to be risk averse. d. All of the above.Consider the choice between the following two lotteries.L1 = (0, 0.2; 200, 0.8) ;L2 = (0, 0.6; 300, 0.4).Now consider a choice between another pair of lotteriesL3 = (0, 0.6; 200, 0.4) ;L4 = (0, 0.8; 300, 0.2)Suppose that a decision maker prefers the lottery L1 to the lottery L2 andderives zero utility from an outcome of zero. If the decision maker followsexpected utility theory, which lottery among L3 and L4 will the decision makerchoose?