Table 17-18.Amy and Heather are two college roommates who both prefer a clean common space in their dorm room,but neither enjoys cleaning.The roommates must each make a decision to either clean or not clean the dorm room's common space.The payoff table for this situation is provided below,where the higher a player's payoff number,the better off that player is.The payoffs in each cell are shown as (payoff for Amy,payoff for Heather).

-Refer to Table 17-18.What is the Nash Equilibrium in this dorm room cleaning game?

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Table 17-18.Amy and Heather are two college roommates who both prefer a clean common space in their dorm room,but neither enjoys cleaning.The roommates must each make a decision to either clean or not clean the dorm room's common space.The payoff table for this situation is provided below,where the higher a player's payoff number,the better off that player is.The payoffs in each cell are shown as (payoff for Amy,payoff for Heather).
 
-Refer to Table 17-18.What is the Nash Equilibrium in this dorm room cleaning game?

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In a Nash Equilibrium, no player can benefit by changing their strategy while the other players keep theirs unchanged. If both Amy and Heather choose "Don't Clean," neither can improve their outcome by unilaterally changing their decision, assuming the other stays the same.