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Table 16-2
in the Following Duopoly Game, the Two Firms

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Table 16-2
In the following duopoly game, the two firms can either set the price of their product high or low.The game is represented in the table below.  Firm B  High Price  Low Price  Firm A  High Price  Firm A gets $1000  Firm A get $1250  Firm B gets $1000  Firm B gets $1100  Low Price  Firm A gets $800  Firm A gets $900  Firm B gets $800  Firm B gets $900 \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline&&\text { Firm B }\\&&\text { High Price }&\text { Low Price }\\\hline \text { Firm A }&\text { High Price }&\text { Firm A gets \$1000 } & \text { Firm A get \$1250 } \\&& \text { Firm B gets \$1000 } & \text { Firm B gets \$1100 } \\\hline &\text { Low Price }&\text { Firm A gets \$800 } & \text { Firm A gets \$900 } \\&&\text { Firm B gets \$800 } & \text { Firm B gets \$900 } \\\hline\end{array}
-Refer to Table 16-2.If the two firms wanted to achieve the optimal level of profit they would:


A) both sell at a low price
B) both sell at a high price
C) collude to let firm A sell at a low price and firm B to sell at a high price
D) collude to let firm A sell at a high price and firm B to sell at a low price

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