A firm has had the following earnings history over the last five years:

If the firm's dividend policy was based on a constant payout ratio of $50$ percent for all of the years

with earnings over $$1\mathrm{.}50$ per share and a zero payout otherwise, the annual dividends for $2018$

and $2021$ were

A$.$ $$0$ and $$1\mathrm{.}25,$ respectively

B$.$ $$0\mathrm{.}50$ and $$1\mathrm{.}25,$ respectively

C$.$ $$0$ and $$0\mathrm{.}88,$ respectively

D$.$ $$0$ and $$2\mathrm{.}00,$ respectively