Bill's Fruit Corporation paid $$3,000$ interest on short$-$term notes payable, $$15,000$ interest on long$-$term bonds, repaid $$15,000$ in long$-$term notes payable and paid $$7,000$ in dividends on its common stock. Bill's Fruit Corporation would report cash outflows from activities as follows:

a$.$ Operating, $53,000$; financing, $$37,000$

b$.$ Operating, $$0$; financing, $$40,000$

c$.$ Operating, $$18,000$; financing, $$22,000$

d$.$Operating, $$40,000$; financing, $$0$