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Use the following to answer questions:
Scenario: Payoff Matrix for Two Firms
The following table provides the payoff matrix for two firms, firm A and firm B. They are the only two firms in the industry and can either compete or cooperate with each other, with the following profit results reflecting their actions.
-(Scenario: Payoff Matrix for Two Firms) In the scenario Payoff Matrix for Two Firms, if both firms pursue their dominant strategies:

• A) their joint profits are maximized.
• B) their joint profits are not maximized.
• C) their joint profits reflect an equal sharing of the total profits.
• D) neither can attain its largest possible profits, since there are two dominant strategies for each firm.

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