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A portion of the stockholder’s equity section from the balance sheet of Wall and Corporati...

A portion of the stockholder’s equity section from the balance sheet of Wall and Corporation appears as follows:

Stockholders'equity:

 

Preferred stock. 9% cumulative, $50 par. 40,000 shares

 

authorized, issued, and outstanding 

$2,000,000

Preferred stock, 12% noncumulative, $100 par, 8,000

 

shares authorized, issued, and outstanding 

800,000

Common stock, $5 par, 400,000 shares authorized, issued,

 

and outstanding  ; 

2,000,000

 

 

Total paid-in capital 

$4,800,000

Assume that all the stock was issued on January l and that no dividends were paid during the first two years of operation. During the third year, Walland Corporation paid total cash dividends of $736,000.

a. Compute the amount of cash dividends paid during the third year to each of the three classes of stock.


b. Compute the dividends paid per share during the third year for each of the three classes of stock,


c. What was the average issue price .of each type of preferred stock?

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