Which of the following procedures would produce higher dividends to stockholders over this Southern Cities Trucking Company has the following five-year record of earnings per share: five-year period? a. Paying out dividends at a fixed ratio of 29% of EPS. b. Paying out dividends at a fixed rate of $1.27 per share. a. If they pay out dividends at a fixed ratio of 29% of EPS, the total of the dividends over the 5-year period is $ . (Round to the nearest cent.) X - Data Table in order to copy its contents of the data table below into (Click on the icon here a spreadsheet.) Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 EPS $1.81 $2.34 $1.27 $4.39 $1.12