Nash Inc.yses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue $8,810,000$ shares of $$12$ par common stock. At no time has Nash issued any potentially dilutive securities$.$ Listed below is a summary of Nash's commo.rtock activities.

Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December $31,\frac{2}{203},2,180,000$

Shares issued as a result of a $12\%$ stock div $3.$ Shares issued for cash on March $31,2025$

Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December $31,20254,621,600$

A $2-$for$-1$ stock split of Nash'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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Compute the weighted$-$average number of common shares used in computing earnings per common share for $2025$ on the $2025$ comparative income statement.

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