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Suppose that an economics professor selects two students,Rudy and Rhonda,to participate in a classroom experiment.The professor gives Rudy ten $1 bills.Rudy must pick an allocation of the ten $1 bills to offer to Rhonda.If Rhonda accepts the allocation,each student keeps his or her portion of the money.If Rhonda rejects the allocation,the professor keeps the $10,and each student receives nothing.Rudy selects $9 for himself and $1 for Rhonda.Based on the studies of human decision making,which of the following statements is correct?


A) If Rhonda accepts the offer,she is behaving rationally.
B) If Rhonda rejects the offer,she may value fairness more than $1.
C) If Rhonda rejects the offer,Rudy made a bad choice by trying to keep $9 for himself.
D) Any of the above could be correct.

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