Rogers Company expects earnings per share and dividends per share to be $5.00 and $3.00 respectively next year. Rogers currently has 10,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The companys capital budget for next year is projected to be $40,000,000. Rogers plans to maintain its present debt ratio (debt to total assets) at 60% next year. (Assume that Rogers capital structure includes only common equity and debt and that these will be the only sources of funds to finance capital budgeting projects next year.) Determine how much external equity the company must raise to finance its capital budget.