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At December 31 2017 Florrict Company Has $500000 of $100

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At December 31 2017 Florrict Company has $500000 of $100 par value 6% cumulative preferred stock outstanding and $2000000 of $10 par value common stock issued. Florrict's net income for the year is $410000.
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Compute earnings per share of common stock for 2017 under the following independent situations. (Round to two decimals.)
(a) The dividend to preferred stockholders was declared and there has been no change in the number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year.
(b) The dividend to preferred stockholders was not declared and 10000 shares of common treasury stock were held throughout the year. The preferred stock is cumulative.

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(a) ($410000 - $30000) ÷ 200000 = $1.90
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