Given its definition, expected utility theory is most applicable to deciding whether to

A. break up or stay involved with a current girlfriend.
B. go out for junior varsity hockey or junior varsity basketball.
C. buy first-class or coach tickets for a spring break trip.
D. take astronomy or geology as a physical science elective course.


Answer: C

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