Suppose Rashard and Alyssa are playing a game that requires both to simultaneously choose an action: Up or Down. The payoff matrix that follows shows the earnings of each person as a function of both of their choices. For example, the upper-right cell shows that if Rashard chooses Up and Alyssa chooses Down, Rashard will receive a payoff of 4 and Alyssa will receive a payoff of 5.   Alyssa Up Down Rashard Up 8, 4 4, 5 Down 5, 4 6, 5

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Suppose Rashard and Alyssa are playing a game that requires both to simultaneously choose an action: Up or Down. The payoff matrix that follows shows the earnings of each person as a function of both of their choices. For example, the upper-right cell shows that if Rashard chooses Up and Alyssa chooses Down, Rashard will receive a payoff of 4 and Alyssa will receive a payoff of 5.
  Alyssa
Up Down
Rashard Up 8, 4 4, 5
Down 5, 4 6, 5
 
In this game, the only dominant strategy is for to choose    .
 
The outcome reflecting the unique Nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: Rashard chooses and Alyssa chooses.
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