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Dividends Per Share

Seventy$-$Two Inc., a developer of radiology equipment, has stock outstanding as follows: $70,000$ shares of cumulative preferred $3\%$ stock, $$20$ par and $410,000$ shares of $$25$ par common.

During its first four years of operations, the following amounts were distributed as dividends: first year, $$33,000$; second year, $$73,000$; third year, $$100,000$; fourth year, $$120,000.$

Determine the dividends per share on each class of stock for each of the four years. Round all answers to two decimal places. If no dividends are paid in a given year, enter $"0\mathrm{.}00".$

$1$st Year $2$nd Year $3$rd Year $4$th Year

Preferred stock $($dividends per share$)$ $fill in the blank $1$

$fill in the blank $2$

$fill in the blank $3$

Box $4-0\mathrm{.}60$

Common stock $($dividends per share$)$

Box $5-0\mathrm{.}00$

Box $6-0\mathrm{.}05$

fill in the blank $7$

fill in the blank $8$