To vote or not to vote: mr. and mrs. ward typically vote oppositely in elections and so their votes "cancel each other out." they each gain two units of utility from a vote for their positions (and lose two units of utility from a vote against their positions). however, the bother of actually voting costs each one unit of utility. diagram a game in which they choose whether to vote or not to vote. (your answer should be in a table & identify the nash equilibrium)2. to vote or not to vote part ii: suppose mr. and mrs. ward agreed not to vote in tomorrow’s election. would such an agreement improve utility? would such an agreement be an equilibrium? (explain in approximately 100 words)

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.