Question: [29 MARKS] 1/ [25 MARKS] Two individuals are the only participants in an auction. The rules of the auction are the following. The winner is

 [29 MARKS] 1/ [25 MARKS] Two individuals are the only participants

[29 MARKS] 1/ [25 MARKS] Two individuals are the only participants in an auction. The rules of the auction are the following. The winner is the one who makes a higher bid than the other (if each individual makes the same offer the winner is chosen at random). The one who wins the good pays a price which is equal to the other individual's offer plus 10 dollars. Suppose that for individual 1 the asset is worth $100 and he only knows that for the other individual the value is positive and less than $200, but does not know the exact value. Argue which offer is worth making for individual 1. Explain your reasoning in detail

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