Sunland Inc. is publicly traded and uses a calendar year for financial reporting. The company is authorized to issue 50 million common shares. At no time has Sunland issued any potentially dilutive securities. The following is a summary of Sunlands common share activities:

Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018		6,550,000
Shares issued as a result of a 10% stock dividend on September 30, 2019		655,000
Shares issued for cash on March 31, 2020		2,000,000
Number of common shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020		9,205,000

Sunland issued its 2020 financial statements on February 28, 2021. A 2for1 stock split of Sunlands common shares occurred on March 31, 2021.

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Calculate the weighted average number of common shares to use in calculating earnings per common share for 2019 on the 2019 comparative income statement.

Weighted average number of common shares

enter the weighted average number of common shares shares