Presented in the line graphs below are trends in revenues and expenses for each of three companies over their first six years of operations. The balance of the Retained Earnings account at the end of each year is represented by the gray bars. Each company has the same amount of revenues in Year 1 and the same amount of expenses in Year 1. Assume no dividends were paid by any of the companies.

Company A Revenues, Expenses, and Retained Earnings Company B Revenues, Expenses, and Retained Earnings Company C Revenues, Expenses, and Retained Earnings $32,000,000 $32,000,000 $32,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 ($4,000,000) - 4 6 ($4,000,000) 56 ($4,000,000) Year 1 Year 1 2 Retained Earnings Year 1 2 Retained Earnings 3 Revenues + Revenues Expenses Expenses Retained Earnings Revenues Expenses Required: Increases each year by the same amount More than Company A's 3. For Company A, the difference between revenues and expenses is the same in each of the six years. Therefore, the company's balance of Retained Earnings over the six years: Company B has the same amount of expenses as Company A in each year, but revenues are growing at a faster pace. Therefore, by the end of Year 6, Company B's balance of Retained Earnings will be: Company C has the same amount of revenues as Company A in each year, but expenses are growing at a faster pace. Therefore, by the end of Year 6, Company C's balance of Retained Earnings will be: In a year that Company C reports expenses greater than revenues, the balance of Retained Earnings: By the end of Year 6, Company C's balance of Retained Earnings is: If any of these companies had paid dividends in any year, their balances of Retained Earnings by the end of year 6 would have been: Less than Company A's 4. Decreases 5. Negative Lower