Consider the following payoff matrix facing Harry and Sally when each chooses to go to the coffee shop listed. Both Harry and Sally would like to meet each other but are shy about asking the other out on a date. $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline &&\text { Harry }\
\hline && \text { Starbucks } & \text { Dunkin Donuts } \
\hline \text { Sally }&\text { Starbucks } & \text { H: } 1, \mathrm{~S}: 1 & \text { H: } 0, \mathrm{~S}: 0 \
\hline &\text { Dunkin Donuts } &\mathrm{H}: 0, \mathrm{~S}: 0 & \mathrm{H}: 1, \mathrm{~S}: 1 \
\hline
\end{array}$ If Harry and Sally go to the coffee shop every day, what is Harry's best strategy?
A)Harry has no best strategy.
B)Choose one shop to go to and keep going to it.
C)Randomly choose between the two shops and hope Sally will end up there too.
D)Stay at home.

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Harry's best strategy is to choose one shop and keep going to it, as this increases the chances of meeting Sally at the same shop, given that both have the same payoff when they meet.

Consider the Following Payoff Matrix Facing Harry and Sally When