Vega Corporation's December 31, 2015 balance sheet showed the following:

8% preferred stock, $20 par value, cumulative, 10,000 shares

authorized; 7,500 shares issued

$ 150,000

Common stock, $10 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized;

975,000 shares issued, 960,000 shares outstanding	9,750,000
Paid-in capital in excess of parpreferred stock	30,000
Paid-in capital in excess of parcommon stock	13,500,000
Retained earnings	3,750,000
Treasury stock (15,000 shares)	315,000

Vega declared and paid a $58,000 cash dividend on December 15, 2015. If the company's dividends in arrears prior to that date were $10,000, Vega's common stockholders received

	A.	$48,000.
	B.	$36,000.
	C.	$22,000.
	D.	no dividend.