Given a math problem with context and a question and 5 answer choices, the task is to provide the correct answer choice based on the problem. You must choose one of the given answer choices by letter: a, b, c, d, or e; anything else is invalid.

Problem: ( ( - 1.9 ) ( 0.6 ) – ( 2.6 ) ( 1.2 ) ) / 2.0 = ?
Options: a. - 0.71, b. - 2.13, c. 1.07, d. 1.71, e. 2.71
b

Problem: a store reported total sales of $ 460 million for february of this year. if the total sales for the same month last year was $ 320 million, approximately what was the percent increase in sales ?
Options: a. 2 %, b. 17 %, c. 44 %, d. 65 %, e. 83 %
c

Problem: if - 2 and - 3 are negative integers, then - 2 * - 3 + 2 is
Options: a. - 5, b. 8, c. - 6, d. - 3, e. - 8

b