Compute the total dividends paid


Response to the following problem:

Wade's outstanding stock consists of 40,000 shares of noncumulative 7.5% preferred stock with a $10 par value and also 100,000 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.

2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,000

2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,000

2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000

2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196,000

Determine the amount of dividends paid each year to each of the two classes of stockholders: preferred and common. Also compute the total dividends paid to each class for the four years combined.

 

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