In 2009, an agricultural company introduced a new cropping process which reduced the cost of growing some of its crops. If sales in 2008 and 2009 were steady at $30 million, but the gross margin increased from 2.3% to 3.4% between those years, by what amount was the cost of sales reduced? O A. $462,000 O B. $660,000 O C. $330,000 OD. $264,000