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If your client earned an after tax prot of $3,000,000 in 2019, had an ending retained earnings balance in 2010 of $12,980,000 and showed a balance in retained earnings at the end of the current scal year of 14,480,000, what is the amount of dividends paid in the year? $ (3 marks) 0 3,000,000 0 $1,500,000 0 $4,500,000 0 Undeterminable