Question: Peter and Tom attend the same college. One day Tom buys a ticket for a rock concert. Tickets are already sold out and are in

Peter and Tom attend the same college. One day Tom buys a ticket for a rock concert.

Tickets are already sold out and are in great demand. Peter, who does not have a ticket, agrees to play the following game with Tom. For a fee of $25, Peter will toss a coin three times and receive the ticket if all tosses show up heads. Otherwise, for an additional fee of $50, Peter will toss a coin two more times and receive the ticket if both tosses show up heads. If not, then for an additional fee of $100, Peter will toss a coin and receive the ticket if the toss shows up heads. Otherwise, all money will be given to Tom, and he also will keep the ticket. Assuming that the coin is fair, subjective probabilities of various outcomes coincide with objective probabilities, and that Peter’s utility is linear in money, show that Peter’s utility of the ticket exceeds $200.

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