Beckhill Company owns 15,000 of the 50,000 outstanding ordinary shares of Du Inc. The balance in the investment account at January 1, 2018 was $750,000,000. During 2018, Du earned $1,200,000,000 and paid cash dividends of $960,000,000. The balance in the Investment in Du account reported on Beckhills December 31, 2018 statement of financial position should be:

a. $750,000,000.

b. $990,000,000.

c. $1,110,000,000.

d. $822,000,000.