You are pubic health official working out a state policy for a flu epidemic. There are two choices. In program A 250 people will be saved. In program B there is a one-fourth probability that 1,000 people will be saved. What program do you, and most people given this choice, prefer?
a. program B
b. program A
c. program A and B will be preferred equally
d. you refuse to decide
b. program A
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