Question

The accompanying payoff matrix depicts the possible outcomes for two players involved in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. If a player receives a payoff of 1, the player wins; if the player receives a payoff of −1, the player loses; if both players receive 0 (zero), the players tie. If Timothy chooses paper and Ernesto chooses paper, Timothy’s payoff is ________ and Ernesto’s payoff is ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ernesto's payoff will be zero and Timothy's payoff will also be zero.

Explanation:

Ernesto and Timothy are involved in a game of rock, paper, scissors.

If a player wins his payoff is 1. If a player loses his payoff is -1.

If both players tie their payoff is 0.

Here, both Timothy and Ernesto chose paper. So, there will be a tie between them.

Thus, both of them will have zero as a payoff.