5.A game of Chicken is played by two lorry drivers who speed toward a narrow bridge. Ifone driver stops to let the other pass, they waste time, whereas the one who does notstop gets to their destination quicker. However, if both keep driving straight on thenthey crash.The game is played once, and drivers move simultaneously. Payoffs are given below(assume 0 < x < 10):DriveStopDrive-10,-10-x, 8Stop8,-10,0(a) Find any pure strategy Nash equilibria of this game.(b) Find the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium of this game.(c) What happens to the column player's equilibrium mixed strategy as x increases?Explain why this happens.(d) Let x = 1. What are the rationalizable outcomes of this game? Do these offer abetter prediction than the Nash equilibria?

(a) Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria:A pure strategy Nash equilibrium occurs when neither player can…

(a) Find any pure strategy Nash equilibria of this game. (b) Find the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium of this game. (c) What happens to the column player's equilibrium mixed strategy as x increases? Explain why this happens. (d) Let x = 1. What are the rationalizable outcomes of this game? Do these offer a better prediction than the Nash equilibria?

(a) Find any pure strategy Nash equilibria of this game. (b) Find the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium of this game. (c) What happens to the column player's equilibrium mixed strategy as x increases? Explain why this happens. (d) Let x = 1. What are the rationalizable outcomes of this game? Do these offer a better prediction than the Nash equilibria?

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