You need to hire some new employees to staff your startup venture. You know that potential employees are distributed throughout the population as follows, but you can't distinguish among them:

Employee Value Probability ------------------------------------------ $35,000 0.1 $48,000 0.1 $61,000 0.1 $74,000 0.1 $87,000 0.1 $100,000 0.1 $113,000 0.1 $126,000 0.1 $139,000 0.1 $152,000 0.1 

The expected value of hiring one employee is $____________?. 

Suppose you set the salary of the position equal to the expected value of an employee.

Assume that employees will not work for a salary below their employee value.

The expected value of an employee who would apply for the position, at this salary, is $____________?. 

Given this adverse selection, your most reasonable salary offer (that ensures you do not lose money) is ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: $74,000, $35,000, $48,000 $61,000___? .