Nataro, Incorporated, has sales of $$654,000,$ costs of $$333,000,$ depreciation expense of $$78,000,$ interest expense of $$43,000,$ and a tax rate of $25$ percent. The firm paid out $$73,000$ in cash dividends and has $36,000$ shares of common stock outstanding.

a$.$ What is the earnings per share, or EPS, figure?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.$

b$.$ What is the dividends per share figure?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.$

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