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Sunland Corporation is preparing the comparative financial statements for the annual report to its shareholders for fiscal years ended May $31,2025,$ and May $31,2026.$ The income from operations for the fiscal year ended May $31,2025,$ was $$1,778,000$ and income from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended May $31,2026,$ was $$2,547,000.$ In both years, the company incurred a $11\%$ interest expense on $$2,298,000$ of debt, an obligation that requires interest$-$only payments for $5$ years. The company experienced a loss from discontinued operations of $$626,000$ in February $2026.$ The company uses a $20\%$ effective tax rate for income taxes.

The capital structure of Sunland Corporation on June $1,2024,$ consisted of $969,000$ shares of common stock outstanding and $20,000$ shares of $$50$ par value, $6\%,$ cumulative preferred stock. There were no preferred dividends in arrears, and the company had not issued any convertible securities$,$ options, or warrants.

On October $1,2024,$ Sunland sold an additional $490,000$ shares of the common stock at $$20$ per share. Sunland distributed a $20\%$ stock dividend on the common shares outstanding on January $1,2025.$ On December $1,2025,$ Sunland was able to sell an additional $804,000$ shares of the common stock at $$22$ per share. These were the only common stock transactions that occurred during the $2$ fiscal years.

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Determine the weighted$-$average number of shares that Sunland Corporation would use in calculating earnings per share for the fiscal year ended:

Weighted$-$average number of shares

May $31,2025$

May $31,2026$

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Prepare, in good form, a comparative income statement, beginning with income from operations, for Sunland Corporation for the fiscal years ended May $31,2025,$ and May $31,2026.$ This statement will be included in Sunland's annual repdrt and should display the appropriate earnings per share presentations. $($Round earnings per share to $2$ decimal places, eg$.1\mathrm{.}55.)$

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