A company with 118,808 authorized shares of $5 par common stock issued 31,951 shares at $16 per share. Subsequently, the company declared a 2% stock dividend on a date when the market price was $33 a share. What is the amount transferred from the retained earnings account to paid-in capital accounts as a result of the stock dividend?

A company with 118,808 authorized shares of $5 par common stock issued 31,951 shares at $16 per share. Subsequently, the company declared a 2% stock dividend on a date when the market price was $33 a share. What is the amount transferred from the retained earnings account to paid-in capital accounts as a result of the stock dividend?

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