Suppose nick and rosa are playing a game in which both must simultaneously choose the action left or right. the payoff matrix that follows shows the payoff each person will earn as a function of both of their choices. for example, the lower-right cell shows that if nick chooses right and rosa chooses right, nick will receive a payoff of 6 and rosa will receive a payoff of 5.

nick rosa
left right
left 8.4 4.5
right 5.4 6.5

the only dominant strategy in this game is for to choose . the outcome reflecting the unique nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: nick chooses and rosa chooses .

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.