The following elements of shareholders equity are adapted from the balance sheet of Scribner Corporation. Shareholders Equity$

Question:

The following elements of shareholders’ equity are adapted from the balance sheet of Scribner Corporation.
Shareholders’ Equity$ Thousands

Preferred Shares, cumulative, $0.40, 50,000 shares issued

and outstanding..................$100

Common Shares, 9,000,000 shares issued and outstanding.. 900

Scribner Corporation paid no preferred dividends in 2014 but paid the designated amount of cash dividends per share to preferred shareholders in all prior years.

Requirement

Compute the dividends to preferred and common shareholders for 2015 if total dividends are $150,000.

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