Subject: general accounting When Meridian Industries was organized in January 2018, it immediatelyissued 3,200 shares of $75 par, 6%, cumulative preferred stock, and 8,500shares of $10 par common stock. The company's earnings history is as follows:2018, net loss of $22,500; 2019, net income of $48,700; 2020, net income of$93,600. The corporation did not pay any dividends in 2018.How much is the dividend arrearage as of January 1, 2019?

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