Consider the Matching Pennies game: Suppose Player A always uses a pure strategy that selects heads.What is Player B's optimal response to this pure strategy?
A)Always select heads.
B)Always select tails.
C)Mixed strategy with probability 1/2 on heads and 1/2 on tails
D)There is no optimal pure or mixed strategy for this situation.

Question

Consider the Matching Pennies game:  Suppose Player A always uses a pure strategy that selects heads.What is Player B's optimal response to this pure strategy?
A)Always select heads. 
B)Always select tails. 
C)Mixed strategy with probability 1/2 on heads and 1/2 on tails 
D)There is no optimal pure or mixed strategy for this situation.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

In the matching pennies game, the best response for Player B is to choose the opposite of Player A's choice. If Player A always selects heads, then Player B should always select tails as the optimal response. Therefore, the answer is B.

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