-The Table Above Shows the Payoff Matrix Offered to Two

question 12

Multiple Choice

-The table above shows the payoff matrix offered to two suspected criminals,Bonnie and Clyde.The payoffs are the years they will spend in prison.The suspected criminals are not allowed to communicate.Given the information in the payoff matrix,the Nash equilibrium is that Bonnie ________ and Clyde ________.

• A) confesses; denies
• B) confesses; confesses
• C) denies; denies
• D) denies; confesses
• E) denies; either confess or denies, either outcome is consistent with the Nash equilibrium.

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Definitions:

Tetrapods

A superclass of animals characterized by four limbs (or the descent from such), including amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Extant Species

Refers to species that are currently living and have not gone extinct.

Eusthenopteron

An extinct genus of lobe-finned fish, considered an important precursor to early tetrapods and amphibians.

Acanthostega

An extinct amphibian from the late Devonian period, known as an early tetrapod linking fish to terrestrial vertebrates.