A Football Team Has the Chance of Scoring the Game-Winning

question 9

Multiple Choice

A football team has the chance of scoring the game-winning touchdown on the last play of the game. It can either run or pass. The defense can play for the run or play for the pass. The following normal form lists the payoffs from the game made up by this last play. The payoffs are probabilities of winning the game.
The Nash equilibrium is (equilibria are)

• A)the offense runs and the defense plays for the run.
• B)the offense passes and the defense plays for the pass.
• C)the offense runs and the defense plays for the pass.
• D)both pick their choice at random with equal probability.