A portion of the stockholders’ equity section from the balance sheet of Walland Corporation appears as follows. Notice that the company has two classes of preferred stock with different features, in addition to common stock.

Assume that all the stock was issued on January 1 and that no dividends were paid during the first two years of operation. During the third year, Walland Corporation paid total cash dividends of $736,000.

a. Compute the amount of cash dividends paid during the third year to each of the three classes of stock. 

b. Compute the dividends paid per share during the third year for each of the three classes of stock. 

c. What was the average issue price of each type of preferred stock?

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Stockholders' equity: Preferred stock, 8% cumulative, $50 par, 40,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding Preferred stock, 12% noncumulative, $100 par, 8,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding Common stock, $5 par, 400,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding .... Total paid-in capital ... $2,000,000 800,000 2,000,000 $4,800,000