What are two methods that businesses used to increace their profits?

Explanation:

A number of people share the ownership of a business. Two ways they maximize their profits was advertisement to potential customers, and paying low wages to save money for resources.

the indians crossed artificial boundaries, setting the stage for conflict

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.