Suppose we can represent Brandon's preferences for water with an expected utility function U(WR, WD) = (1/4)?WR + (3/4)?WD, where WD represents a quantity of water during a drought and WR represents a quantity of water in a rainy season. Brandon is:

A. risk averse.

B. risk neutral.

C. risk loving.

D. There is not enough information to answer this question.


A. risk averse.

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