Consider the following game. You roll a six-sided die and each time you roll a 6, you get $30. For all other outcomes you pay $6. The $30 when you "win" and the -$6 when you "lose" are called

A. incentives.
B. trade-offs.
C. expected values.
D. payoffs.


Answer: D

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