The above figure shows a payoff matrix for two firms, A and B, that must choose between a high-price strategy and a low-price strategy. Both firms setting a high price is NOT a Nash equilibrium because

A) setting a high price is the dominant strategy for each firm.
B) neither firm can improve its payoff by setting a low price given that the other firm is setting a high price.
C) there is no dominant strategy for either firm.
D) both firms can improve their payoff by setting a low price given that the other firm is setting a high price.

D

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