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Price$-$Earnings Ratio; Dividend Yield

The table that follows shows the stock price, earnings per share, and dividends per share for three companies for a recent year:

Price Ea

per Share Dividends

per Share

Jones Co$.$ $$48\mathrm{.}30$ $$2\mathrm{.}10$ $$1\mathrm{.}35$

Smith Co$.182\mathrm{.}723\mathrm{.}203\mathrm{.}47$

Tucker Co$.18\mathrm{.}591\mathrm{.}100\mathrm{.}82$

a$.$ Determine the price$-$earnings ratio and dividend yield for the three companies. Round to one decimal place. If an amount should be zero, enter in $"0".$

Price$-$Earnings Ratio Dividend Yield

Jones Co$.$ fill in the blank $1$

fill in the blank $2$

$\%$

Smith Co$.$ fill in the blank $3$

fill in the blank $4$

$\%$

Tucker Co$.$ fill in the blank $5$

fill in the blank $6$