Consider the following game. You roll a 6-sided die and each time you roll a 1, you get $50. For all other outcomes you pay $10. The $50 when you "win" and the -$10 when you "lose" are known as

A. incentives.
B. winnings and losings, respectively.
C. payoffs.
D. expected values.


Answer: C

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