Red Hot Company issued and has outstanding 105,000 shares of $10 par-value common stock and 5,500 shares of $50 par-value 6 percent preferred stock. The board of directors votes to distribute $10,500 as dividends in 20X1, $20,500 in 20X2, and $100,500 in 20X3.

Required:

Compute the total dividend and the dividend for each share paid to preferred stockholders and common stockholders each year under the following assumed situations: Case A: The preferred stock is nonparticipating and noncumulative. Case B: The preferred stock is cumulative and nonparticipating. Analyze:

If a stockholder owned 400 shares of cumulative preferred stock in 20X1, 20X2, and 20X3, what total dividends should be paid to this stockholder in the fiscal year 20X3, assuming Case B?

• Case A
• Case B
• Analyze

Compute the total dividend and the dividend for each share paid to preferred stockholders and common stockholders each year under the above assumed situation. (Round your per share answers to 2 decimal places.)