Phillips Rock and Mud is trying to determine the maximum amount of cash dividends it can pay this year. Assume its balance sheet is as follows:

assets

Cash .............. $386,000

accounts receivable ......836,000

fixed assets.............. 1,048,000

total assets....... $2,270,000

liabilities and stockholder's equity

accounts payable .................$459,000

long term payable........ 371,000

common stock (259,000 shares at $1 par)..... 295,000

retained earnings......... 1,145,000

total liabilities and stock holders equity.........$2,270,000

a. From a legal perspective, what is the maximum amount of dividends per share the firm could pay?

b. In term of cash availability, what is the maximum amount of dividends Per share the firm could pay?

c. Assume the firm earned as 18 percent return on stockholders equity last year. If the board wishes to pay out 50 percent of earnings in the form of dividends, how much will dividends per share be? (Round to two places to the right of the decimal point.)