Blue Inc. uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue $9,840,000$ shares of $$12$ par common stock.

At no time has Blue issued any potentially dilutive securities$.$ Listed below is a summary of Blue's common stock activities.

Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December $31,2023,1,940,000$

Shares issued as a result of a $12\%$ stock dividend on September $30,2024,232,800$

Shares issued for cash on March $31,2025$

A $2-$for$-1$ stock split of Blue's common stock took place on March $31,2026$

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Compute the weighted$-$average number of common shares used in computing earnings per common share for $2024$ on the $2025$

comparative income statement.

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