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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 Nash equilibrium behaviour 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)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 Nash equilibrium behaviour 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 gives them the highest combined payoff.

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