If You and I Agree to Exchange Four Ginger Snaps

question 120

Multiple Choice

If you and I agree to exchange four ginger snaps for one chocolate chip cookie, then it must be true that

• A)we are both at least as well off as we were before
• B)I am better off than I was before, but you are not
• C)you are better off than you were before, but I am not
• D)we are both better off than before
• E)we are both worse off than before

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