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Use the following to answer question:
-(Table: Two Rival Gas Stations) Use Table: Two Rival Gas Stations.The table shows a payoff matrix for two gas stations in a small town.Each firm can set either a high price or a low price,and customers view these two firms as nearly perfect substitutes.Profits in each cell of the payoff matrix are given as (Swifty's profit,Speedy's profit) .Which statement describes a dominant strategy?

• A)Swifty will always set a low price,no matter Speedy's choice.
• B)Swifty will always set a high price,no matter Speedy's choice.
• C)Swifty will set a low price when Speedy sets a high price,but Swifty will set a high price when Speedy sets a low price.
• D)Swifty will set a high price when Speedy sets a high price,but Swifty will set a low price when Speedy sets a low price.

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