PLAYER B COOPERATE DEFECT A: 1 year jailA: 10 years jail B: 1 year jail B: 0 years jail A: 0 years jail A: 5 years jail B: 10 years jail B: 5 years jail DEFECT COOPERATE

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PLAYER B
COOPERATE
DEFECT
A: 1 year jailA: 10 years jail
B:1 year jail
B: 0 years jail
A: 0 years jail A: 5 years jail
B: 10 years jail B: 5 years jail
If this game represents the results of two players who have been arrested and
interrogated by police and offered a lower sentence if they cooperate with the
investigation, what is the most likely outcome?
neither player will cooperate
Only player A will cooperate
both players will cooperate with police
Only player B will cooperate
PLAYER A
DEFECT
COOPERATE
Transcribed Image Text:PLAYER B COOPERATE DEFECT A: 1 year jailA: 10 years jail B:1 year jail B: 0 years jail A: 0 years jail A: 5 years jail B: 10 years jail B: 5 years jail If this game represents the results of two players who have been arrested and interrogated by police and offered a lower sentence if they cooperate with the investigation, what is the most likely outcome? neither player will cooperate Only player A will cooperate both players will cooperate with police Only player B will cooperate PLAYER A DEFECT COOPERATE
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