A crying toddler is looking for her babysitter to feed her. Only one person is needed to feed her; if more people feed her, the toddler will get sick and throw-up. Anna and Sam are the two babysitters who can help the toddler; and they have to choose simultaneously upon their decision. Each of the two will get pleasure worth a 3 from seeing the toddler having been fed (no matter who helps her). But each one who goes to help will bear a cost of 1, this being the value of the time taken up in preparing her feed. If neither player helps, the pay-off for each player is zero. a. Set this up as a game. Write the pay-off table. b. Find the dominant strategies for both players and in case there is none, explain why. c. Find all equilibria for this game and explain why it is an equilibrium.

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