Q2Janet offers her friend Sam (who has identical preferences and initial wealth) the following proposition: They buy the ticket together, and share the cost and proceeds equally.Q3Sam has another idea: They buy two tickets (that have independent outcomes) and share the costs and proceeds equally. Consider the setup from Question 2. Suppose that Janet's and Sam's utility of income is given by u(x) = ln x and theinitla wealth of each one of them is equal to w =4. Recall the proposal made by Janet in Question 2, and the solutionput forward by Sam in Question 3.Which of the following statements is true?а.Both agents prefer Sam's solutions to Janet's solution.b. Both agents prefer Janet's solutions to Sam's solution.С.The agents are indifferent between Janet's solutions to Sam's solution.

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Janet offers her friend Sam (who has identical preferences and initial wealth) the following proposition: They buy the ticket together, and share the cost and proceeds equally. Q3 Sam has another idea: They buy two tickets (that have independent outcomes) and share the costs and proceeds equally.

Janet offers her friend Sam (who has identical preferences and initial wealth) the following proposition: They buy the ticket together, and share the cost and proceeds equally. Q3 Sam has another idea: They buy two tickets (that have independent outcomes) and share the costs and proceeds equally.

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