Two siblings, Bratty Brad and Mousey Mike are playing a simultaneous hit and tell game. Bratty Brad can hit Mousey Mike or not and Mousey Mike can tattle on Bratty Brad or not. Relative to no hitting and no tattling, if Bratty Brad hits Mousey Mike, and he tattles they both experience a loss of 10. Not telling, gets Mousey Mike a bruise, a loss of 5 but Bratty Brad gains 5. If he tattles untruthfully, Mousey Mike gets a gain of 5 and Bratty Brad loses 5. If they get along, no one gets anything

If Mousey Mike wants to not be hit, what strategy could he follow

a. Threaten to not tell

b. Always not tell

c. Threaten to tell

d. All of the above

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Howard Peck

7 August, 03:12

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Aleena Moore · Answer 1

Threaten to tell - is correct

If Mousey Mike wants not to be hit he will choose threaten to tell as it will get him higher payoff.