Accounting information might be reported in any of the following components of the income statement or its supporting scheduler and footnotes: a. Income from continuing operations or supporting schedules b. Extraordinary gains or losses c. Results from discontinued operations d. Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle e. Statement of retained earnings f. Footnote disclosure Several items of accounting information are listed below. Cash dividends declared during the current accounting period. Material effect of changing the estimated useful lives for a group of depreciable assets from 20 years to 12 years. Loss on sale by a highly diversified company of one of its four manufacturing plants. Earthquake damage to the only silo owned by a company in Kansas, when the damage caused a material loss to the company Operating loss of the current period of a component sold late in the year. Impact of a change in the method of valuing inventory from first-in-first-out method (FIFO) to the average cost method. Total selling expenses incurred by a producer of farm equipment during the year. Total amount of cash paid to employees during the year. Required: By placing the letter (a) through (f) in the space provided in the answer sheet, identify where the information would be appropriately reported. If the information would not appear in any of the above components, place an (x) in the space