A parent company owns a 90% interest in a subsidiary at the start of the year and during the yearsells a 10% interest to reduce its ownership percentage to 80%. The most popular view of the transactionunder current consolidations theory is that

 a. it is a sale of an investment at a gain or a loss.
 b. it is likened to a treasury stock transaction that may not result in a gain or a loss.
 c. it is a transaction between the controlling and minority ownership interests and has no effect onconsolidated income.
 d. the increase or decrease in equity as a result of the sale is an adjustment to donated capital.