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Use the data in Exercise 13-8 to determine the amount of dividends paid each year to eac...

Use the data in Exercise 13-8 to determine the amount of dividends paid each year to each of the two

classes of stockholders assuming that the preferred stock is cumulative. Also determine the total dividends

paid to each class for the four years combined.

in Exercise 13-8

Norton’s outstanding stock consists of (a) 13,000 shares of noncumulative 8% preferred stock with a

$10 par value and (b) 32,500 shares of common stock with a $1 par value. During its first four years of

operation, the corporation declared and paid the following total cash dividends.

2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,000

2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,000

2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,000

2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,000

Determine the amount of dividends paid each year to each of the two classes of stockholders. Also compute

the total dividends paid to each class for the four years combined.

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