ividends Per Share Internal Insights Inc., a developer of radiology equipment, has stock outstanding as follows: 20,000 shares of cumulative preferred 1% stock, $130 par, and 67,000 shares of $10 par common. During its first four years of operations, the following amounts were distributed as dividends: first year, $17,400; second year, $44,600; third year, $64,540; fourth year, $104,390. Compute the dividend per share on each class of stock for each of the four years. Round all answers to two decimal places. If no dividends are paid in a given year, leave it blank.   1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year Preferred stock (dividend per share) $fill in the blank 1 $fill in the blank 2 $fill in the blank 3 $fill in the blank 4 Common stock (dividend per share) $fill in the blank 5 $fill in the blank 6 $fill in the blank 7 $fill in the blank 8

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Internal Insights Inc., a developer of radiology equipment, has stock outstanding as follows: 20,000 shares of cumulative preferred 1% stock, $130 par, and 67,000 shares of $10 par common. During its first four years of operations, the following amounts were distributed as dividends: first year, $17,400; second year, $44,600; third year, $64,540; fourth year, $104,390.

Compute the dividend per share on each class of stock for each of the four years. Round all answers to two decimal places. If no dividends are paid in a given year, leave it blank.

  1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Preferred stock (dividend per share) $fill in the blank 1 $fill in the blank 2 $fill in the blank 3 $fill in the blank 4
Common stock (dividend per share) $fill in the blank 5 $fill in the blank 6 $fill in the blank 7 $fill in the blank 8
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The dividend per share is calculated as the total dividend divided by number of shares outstanding. The preference shareholders received the dividend before dividend paid to common stockholders.

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