$$12,500,000$ to the General Fund for payment to its Pension Trust Fund. However, the state encountered financial problems during $2022.$ It sent its pension system a check for $$10,000,000.$ in October $2022,$ say

Trust fund actually paid pension benefits of $$3,750,000$ during $2022.$

How much should the General Fund recognize as pension expenditures for $2022?$

Select one:

a$.$ $$10,000,000$

b$.$ $$12,500,000$

c$.$ $$3,750,000$

d$.$ $$17,500,000$