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Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise
-(Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise) Look at the Figure Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise. Thelma and Louise are arrested and jailed for murder. Given the payoff matrix in the figure, the Nash equilibrium behavior is for Thelma _____ and Louise _____.
A) to confess; not to confess
B) to confess; to confess
C) not to confess; to confess
D) not to confess; not to confess

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Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise 
-(Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise) Look at the Figure Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise. Thelma and Louise are arrested and jailed for murder. Given the payoff matrix in the figure, the Nash equilibrium behavior is for Thelma _____ and Louise _____.
A) to confess; not to confess 
B) to confess; to confess 
C) not to confess; to confess 
D) not to confess; not to confess

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The Nash equilibrium is for both Thelma and Louise to confess, as this is the strategy that maximizes their individual payoffs.

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