Gogeon Inc. uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue 9 million

Question:

Gogeon Inc. uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue 9 million common shares. At no time has Gogeon issued any potentially dilutive securities. The following list is a summary of Gogeon’s common share activities:
Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010...6,500,000
Shares issued as a result of a 10% stock on September 30, 2011...650,000
Shares issued for cash on March 31, 2012..............2,500,000
Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2012..9,650,000
A 3-for-1 stock split of Gogeon’s common shares occurred on March 31, 2013.
Instructions
(a) Calculate the weighted average number of common shares to use in calculating earnings per common share for 2011 on the 2012 comparative income statement.
(b) Calculate the weighted average number of common shares to use in calculating earnings per common share for 2012 on the 2012 comparative income statement.
(c) Calculate the weighted average number of common shares to use in calculating earnings per common share for 2012 on the 2013 comparative income statement.
(d) Calculate the weighted average number of common shares to use in calculating earnings per common share for 2013 on the 2013 comparative income statement.
(CMA adapted)
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