RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage on April 14, 1912. This a good illustration of the problem of many hands because
A) the captain did not keep both his hands on the steering wheel.
B) the captain was solely responsible for the sinking of the ship.
C) a group of people were jointly responsible for the negative outcome and it was difficult (or impossible) to assign responsibility to each individual member of the group.
D) All of the above

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The problem of many hands refers to situations where a collective's actions lead to a negative outcome, making it hard to pinpoint individual responsibility. In the Titanic's case, multiple factors and decisions by different individuals contributed to the tragedy, exemplifying this problem.

RMS Titanic Sank on Its Maiden Voyage on April 14