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.