Which of the following matrices is not a correct pairwise comparison matrix?
A)A
B)B
C)C

Question

Which of the following matrices is not a correct pairwise comparison matrix? 
A)A 
B)B 
C)C

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In matrix D, the comparison between option 2 and option 3 suggests that option 3 is worse than option 2, but the comparison between option 3 and option 5 suggests that option 5 is worse than option 3, which violates the transitivity property of pairwise comparison matrices. All other matrices seem to be consistent with the transitivity property.

Which of the Following Matrices Is Not a Correct Pairwise