On December 31, 2017, Dow Steel Corporation had 690,000 shares of common stock and 39,000 shares of 9%, noncumulative nonconvertible preferred stock issued and outstanding. Dow issued a 5% common stock dividend on May 15 and paid cash dividends of $490,000 and $78,000 to common and preferred shareholders, respectively, on December 15, 2018 On February 28, 2018, Dow sold 56,000 common shares. Also, as a part of a 2017 agreement for the acquisition of Merrill Cable Company, another 27,000 shares (already adjusted for the stock dividend) are to be issued to former Merrill shareholders on December 31, 2019, if Merrill's 2019 net income is at least $590,000. In 2018, Merrill's net income was $720,000 In keeping with its long-term share repurchase plan, 5,000 shares were retired on July 1. Dow's net income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $2,550,000. The income tax rate is 40% As part of an incentive compensation plan, Dow granted incentive stock options to division managers at December 31 of the current and each of the previous two years. Each option permits its holder to buy one share of common stock at an exercise price equal to market value at the date of grant and can be exercised one year from that date. Information concerning the number of options granted and common share prices follows Options Granted (adjusted for the stock dividend) 16,000 11,000 14,500 Date Granted December 31, 2016 December 31, 2017 December 31, 2018 Share Price 24 $ 32 The market price of the common stock averaged $32 per share during 2018 On July 12, 2016, Dow issued $700,000 of convertible 10% bonds at face value. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 common shares (adjusted for the stock dividend) Required Compute Dow's basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018. (Enter your answers in thousands.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Earnings per 3.21 3.03 Numerator Denominator share Dow's basic Dow's diluted 2,472 2,514 771S 831 $