A Decision-making grid.
9 X 8 = 72: For the winner's first choice there are nine alternatives, and for the second choice there are only eight alternatives.
A common phrase for this situation is to say that you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Given a choice between two unattractive goals may also be considered a "No-win situation."
There is no information to justify a choice between the three options.
Take your choice from: 16, 25, 36 and 49
multiple - choice
Information that will cut through the "seemingly", and show them to be unequal alternatives.
In the sense of as seemingly insoluble problem, the opposite of dilemma is solution. In the sense of a situation requiring a choice between two alternatives, the opposite of dilemma is decision.
A decision making grid
The word whether is used to express a doubt or choice between alternatives. It is a conjunction.
The correct spelling is "dilemma" (a predicament, a choice between two bad alternatives).
dilemma noun a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives.
a point intermediate to two other points, (as in between the hills) a form of restriction (between you and me) indicating two or more alternatives (a choice between going or staying)
A first choice
The likely word is "dilemma" (problem, choice between two bad alternatives).
For something to be optional, it means the availability of choice/choices, to have alternatives. The opposite of optional is mandatory, compulsory, required.
a seemingly self contradictory statement that is still is choice
A situation involving clocks in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, usually equally undesirable ones.