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On December 31, 2017, Heffner Company Had 100,000 Shares of Common

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On December 31, 2017, Heffner Company had 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding and 30,000 shares of 7%, $100 par, cumulative preferred stock outstanding. On February 28, 2018, Heffner purchased 24,000 shares of common stock on the open market as treasury stock paying $45 per share. Heffner sold 6,000 of the treasury shares on September 30, 2018, for $47 per share. Net income for 2018 was $540,000. The income tax rate is 40%. Also outstanding at December 31, 2017, were fully vested incentive stock options giving key personnel the option to buy 50,000 common shares at $40. The market price of the common shares averaged $50 during 2018. Five thousand 6% bonds were issued at par on January 1, 2018. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 125 shares of common stock. None of the bonds had been converted by December 31, 2018, and no stock options were exercised during the year.
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Compute basic and diluted earnings per share (rounded to 2 decimal places) for Heffner Company for 2018.

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Basic EPS
[$540,000 - (7% × $100 × 30,00...

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