The question is intermediate microeconomics Question 1 (Game Theory)Two firms, Firm A and Firm B, are the only producers in a market for a particular good.Each firm can choose to produce either Low or High output. If both firms choose Low output,the payoffs are (300, 250) (throughout, a pair of payoffs (x, y) represents x profits for FirmA, and y profits for Firm B). If they choose different outputs the payoffs are (200, 75) whenFirm A chooses High output and (200, 100) when Firm A chooses Low output. If both firmschoose High output, the payoffs are (x', y').a. Are there any values for x' and y' such that there are two Nash equilibria in purestrategies? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefully explain why not.b. Are there any values for r' and y' such that there is a dominant strategy equilibriumin which both firms play High? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefullyexplain why not.c. Are there any values for r' and y' such that Firm A has a dominant strategy but FirmB does not? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefully explain why not.

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a. Are there any values for r' and y' such that there are two Nash equilibria in pure strategies? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefully explain why not. b. Are there any values for x' and y' such that there is a dominant strategy equilibrium in which both firms play High? If yes, for what values of x' and y? If no, carefully explain why not. c. Are there any values for r' and y' such that Firm A has a dominant strategy but Firm B does not? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefully explain why not.

a. Are there any values for r' and y' such that there are two Nash equilibria in pure strategies? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefully explain why not. b. Are there any values for x' and y' such that there is a dominant strategy equilibrium in which both firms play High? If yes, for what values of x' and y? If no, carefully explain why not. c. Are there any values for r' and y' such that Firm A has a dominant strategy but Firm B does not? If yes, for what values of x' and y'? If no, carefully explain why not.

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