If you advertise and your rival advertises, you each will earn $5 million in profits. If neither of you advertises, you will each earn $10 million in profits. However, if one of you advertises and the other does not, the firm that advertises will earn $15 million and the non-advertising firm will earn $1 million. Which of the following is true?

A. A secure strategy for firm A is to not advertise.
B. Firm A does not have a secure strategy.
C. A secure strategy for firm B is to not advertise.
D. None of the answers is correct.


Answer: D

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