Southern Cities Trucking Company has the following five-year record of earnings per share Which of the following procedures would produce higher dividends to stockholders over this five-year period? a. Paying out dividends at a fixed ratio of 27% of EPS. b. Paying out dividends at a fixed rate of $1.18 per share. a. If they pay out dividends at a fixed ratio of 27% of EPS, the total of the dividends over the 5 -year period is $ (Round to the nearest cent) Data table (Click on the icon here in order to copy its contents of the data table below into a spreadsheet)