Blue Inc. has the following transactions for the month of April:

Fees earned in cash	$640,000
Expenses paid	$300,000
Dividends paid	$50,000

As a result of these transactions, Blue Inc.'s profitability metric:

Select one:

a. increases by $340,000.

b. decreases by $300,000.

c. increases by $290,000.

d. decreases by $640,000.