Table 17-19 Consider a Small Town That Has Two Grocery Stores from Stores

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Table 17-19
Consider a small town that has two grocery stores from which residents can choose to buy a loaf of bread. The store owners each must make a decision to set a high bread price or a low bread price. The payoff table, showing profit per week, is provided below. The profit in each cell is shown as (Store 1, Store 2) .
-Refer to Table 17-19. What is grocery store 2's dominant strategy?

• A)Grocery store 2 does not have a dominant strategy.
• B)Grocery store 2 should always set a low price.
• C)Grocery store 2 should always set a high price.
• D)Grocery store 2 should set a low price when grocery store 1 sets a low price, and grocery store 2 should set a high price when grocery store 1 sets a high price.

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Definitions:

Credit Memo

A document issued by a seller to a buyer, reducing the amount that the buyer owes to the seller typically due to a return or an error in billing.

Recognition of Cost

The accounting principle that requires expenses to be recorded in the period in which they are incurred, regardless of when the payment is made.

Merchandise Sold

Merchandise sold refers to the goods that have been purchased by customers from a company, resulting in revenue.

Gross Profit

The difference between revenue and the cost of goods sold before deducting overheads, payroll, taxation, and interest payments.