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Re: The prisoner's dilemma is a fundamental problem in game [#permalink]
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domfrancondumas wrote:
getgyan wrote:
The prisoner's dilemma is a fundamental problem in game theory, which demonstrates why two people might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do it.
A. fundamental problem in game theory, which demonstrates why two people might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do it
B. fundamental problem in game theory demonstrating why two people might not cooperate even if it was both in their best interests to do so
C. problem fundamental to game theory that demonstrates why two people might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do it
D. fundamental problem in game theory that demonstrates two people who might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do it
E. fundamental problem in game theory that demonstrates why two people might not cooperate even if it is in both their best interests to do so


That refers to Game theory and not the The prisoner's dilemma..
How can E be correct??

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Because the dilemma is still present. You can see it in each day real life situation, so in B it was is incorrect. The not underlined portion of the sentence says: the dilemma IS.......

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