Two suspected drug dealers are stopped by the RCMP for speeding.The officer searches the car,finds a small bag of marijuana,and arrests the two.During the interrogation,each is separately offered the following deal: "If you confess to dealing drugs and testify against your partner,you will be given immunity and released while your partner will get ten years in prison.If you both confess,you will each get five years." If neither confesses,there is no evidence of drug dealing,and the most they could get is one year each for possession of marijuana.If each suspected drug dealer follows a dominant strategy,what should he/she do

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If each suspected drug dealer follows a dominant strategy, they should confess regardless of their partner's decision. This is because confessing always leads to a better outcome for the individual, regardless of what their partner does.

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