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Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise
-(Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise)Use Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise.Thelma and Louise are arrested and jailed for murder.Given the payoff matrix in the figure,the optimal behaviour for Thelma and Louise to minimize their joint sentence is for Thelma _____ and for 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)Use Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise.Thelma and Louise are arrested and jailed for murder.Given the payoff matrix in the figure,the optimal behaviour for Thelma and Louise to minimize their joint sentence is for Thelma _____ and for 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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In the Prisoner's Dilemma, the optimal strategy to minimize the joint sentence is for both parties not to confess, as this leads to the least severe combined outcome.

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