(Table: Income and Utility for Whitney) Use Table: Income and Utility for Whitney.Whitney's income next year is uncertain: there is a 40% probability she will make $40,000 and a 60% probability she will make $80,000.The expected value of Whitney's income is:

A) $64,000.
B) $80,000.
C) $40,000.
D) $56,000.

Expected Value

The anticipated value of a variable, calculated as a weighted average of all possible values, with weights being their probabilities of occurrence.

Income

The total amount of money received by an individual or group over a certain period, often derived from work, investments, or business ventures.

Probability

Probability is a measure of the likelihood of an event to occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.