Which of the following is an explanation?

a. Since these stray dogs have been neutered, they are someone’s pets.
b. Since the dance studio was established, it has never produced a professional dancer.
c. Since the company is doing well, I will give my employees raises.
d. Since the future cannot be known, no one truly has the gift of fortune-telling.
e. Since the spaceship crashed in Roswell, that is where the aliens will want to build their embassy.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer