When the dupont chemical company first attempted to enter the paint business, it was not successful. according to a company report, in one year it "lost nearly $500,000 in actual cash in addition to an expected return on investment of nearly $500,000, which made a total loss of income to the company of nearly a million." why did this report include as part of the company's loss the amount it had expected to earn -- but didn't -- on its investment in manufacturing paint? source: alfred d. chandler, jr., thomas k. mccraw, and richard tedlow, management past and present, cincinnati: south-western, 2000, pp. 3-92. a. the report sought to include implicit costs because this is standard accounting practice. b. the report sought to include explicit costs because dupont could have invested its money elsewhere and earned $500,000. c. the report sought to include variable costs because dupont could have invested its money elsewhere and earned $500,000. d. the report sought to include implicit costs because dupont could have invested its money elsewhere and earned $500,000. e. the report sought to include explicit costs because this is standard accounting practice.