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MAT101 Assigment2
MAT101 Assigment2
MAT101 Assigment2
1. Use Iterated Elimination of Strictly Dominated Strategy (IESDS) to find the rational
behavior of the game (step by step elimination with descriptions required) (16)
Player 2
A B C D E
V (25, −1) (25, −1) (−2, 0) (−2, 20) (−3, 19)
W (15, 1) (2, 2) (2, 5) (12, 0) (2, 3)
Player 1 X (20, 1) (15, −1) (0, 2) (4, −1) (0, 4)
Y (1, −33) (−3, 43) (−1, 10) (1, −6) (−1, 12)
Z (0, 0) (1, −13) (−1, 15) (−2, −5) (−3, 20)
2. Firstly, use Iterated Elimination of Strictly Dominated Strategy (IESDS) to shorten this
4 × 4 game into a shorter one. When no further elimination is possible, find the pure Nash
equilibrium of the shorter game. (Step-by-step elimination and descriptions are required.) (10)
Player 2
A B C D
V (5, −2) (−2, 5) (−1, 6) (5, 4)
W (11, 1) (3, 3) (0, 2) (6, 1)
Player 1
X (6, −1) (2, 0) (1, 1) (−2, 0)
Y (2, 8) (1, 9) (−5, 4) (3, 2)
3. Solve the system using (i) Substitution method and (ii) Cramer’s Rule (14)
9w + 8x + 9y + 2z = 42
5w + 2x + 7y + 3z = 45
6w + 4x + 3y + 6z = 53
8w + 2x + 5y + 6z = 63