Donegal Brothers is an exclusive retailer of men's clothes. The store is located in a prime professional office building and has average annual sales of $$2\mathrm{.}2$ million. Currently, the owner is considering expanding into professional attire for women. Should the firm expand into women's clothing, he feels that their current sales to men will decline by $$400,000.$ However, he believes that the store can sell an average of $$750,000$ of women's clothes a year. What should the owner use as annual sales when analyzing the proposed expansion?

Select one:

a$.$ $$1,050,000$

b$.$ $$350,000$

C$.$ $$1,150,000$

d$.$ $$750,000$

e$.$ $$400,000$