Two firms, Tim Horbucks and Startons, consider enter the market for take-out coffee, or not. The profit each firm can make (in dollars) is indicated in the table below, where the fixed cost of producing is F dollars. What is the largest value of F below which the game has a UNIQUE Nash equilibrium in pure strategies? Startons Enter Not Enter Enter 400 - F, 400 - F 600 - F , 0 Tim Horbucks Not Enter 0, 600 - F 0,0

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