Table 11-13 Two Rival Oligopolists in the Athletic Supplements Industry, the Power

Table 11-13
$\begin{array}{c} \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad\text { Power Fuel's (P) Strategy }\\\text { Brawny Juice's (B) Strategy }\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline& \text { High Price } & \text { Low Price } \\\hline{\text { High Price }} & \text { P: } \$ 12 \mathrm{~m} & \text { P: } \$ 16 \mathrm{~m} \\& \text { B: } \$ 12 \mathrm{~m} & \text { B: } \$ 4 m \\\hline {\text { Low Price }} & \text { P: } \$ 4 \mathrm{~m} & \text { P: } \$ 8 \mathrm{~m} \\& \text { B: } \$ 16 \mathrm{~m} & \text { B: } \$ 8 \mathrm{~m}\\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$
Two rival oligopolists in the athletic supplements industry, the Power Fuel Company and the Brawny Juice Company, have to decide on their pricing strategy.Each can choose either a high price or a low price.Table 11-13 shows the payoff matrix with the profits that each firm can expect to earn depending on the pricing strategy it adopts.
-Refer to Table 11-13.If the firms cooperate,what prices will they select?

A) Both firms will select a low price.
B) Brawny Juice will select a high price, Power Fuel a low price.
C) Both firms will select a high price.
D) Brawny Juice will select a low price, Power Fuel a high price.

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