Six friends decide to meet at a Greek restaurant for dinner. They decide that each person will order an item off the menu, and they will share all dishes. They will split the cost of the final bill evenly among each of the people at the table. A Tragedy of the Commons problem is likely for each of the following reasons except

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The Tragedy of the Commons problem typically involves resources that are non-excludable and rival in consumption, meaning that no one can be effectively excluded from using the resource, and one person's use diminishes others' ability to use it. In the context of sharing dishes at a restaurant, while the dishes are rival in consumption (one person's consumption reduces the amount available for others), they are not non-excludable because the group has agreed to share the dishes among themselves, making choice D incorrect for illustrating a Tragedy of the Commons scenario.

Six Friends Decide to Meet at a Greek Restaurant for Dinner