Table $17-13$

Two home$-$improvement stores $($Lopes and HomeMax$)$ in a growing urban area are interested in expanding their market share. Both are interested in expanding the size of their store and parking lot to accommodate potential growth in their customer base. The following game depicts the strategic outcomes that result from the game. Increases in annual profits of the two home$-$improvement stores are shown in the table below.

Lopes

Increase the size of store

Do not increase the size of and parking lot store and parking lot

Increase the size of store and parking lot HomeMax

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Lopes $=$$$1\mathrm{.}0$ million$],[$HomeMax $=$$$1\mathrm{.}5$ million$]],\backslash$table$[[$Lopes $=$$$0\mathrm{.}4$ million$],[$HomeMax $=$$$3\mathrm{.}4$ million$]]],[$Lopes $=$$$3\mathrm{.}2$ million,Lopes $=$$$2\mathrm{.}0$ million$],[$HomeMax $=$$$0\mathrm{.}6$ million,HomeMax $=$$$2\mathrm{.}5$ million$]]$

Refer to Table $17-13.$ If both stores follow a dominant strategy, HomeMax's annual profit will grow by

$$ $$0\mathrm{.}6$ million.

$$1\mathrm{.}5$ million.

$$2\mathrm{.}5$ million.

$$3\mathrm{.}4$ million.