Answer :
On the balance sheet, as the treasury stock is listed under the shareholders' equity as a negative number, then, it is shown as as a decrease in stockholders' equity.
What is a treasury stock?
Basically, a treasury stock refers to the shares in a company that the issuer has reacquired; the issuing company can however retire the stock or resell it at a later date.
When we are calculating the number of shares that is issued and outstanding which are reported in a company's financial statements,the treasury stock is classified as issued but it is not outstanding. The amount paid to buy back treasury stock is recorded in a contra equity account that appears in the equity section of the balance sheet. Therefore, the Option C is correct.
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