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The financial statements for Highland Corporation included

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The common stock was sold at a price of $$30$ per share.

$1)$ What was the amount of retained earnings at the beginning of the year?

$2)$ How many shares are in treasury stock?

$3)$ Compute earnings per share. Assume the weighted average shares outstanding is equal to the shares outstanding.