Question

Duke Corporation reports the following components of stockholders equity on December 31, 2013:


Common stock$25 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, 45,000 shares issued and outstanding $1,125,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock 60,000
Retained earnings 460,000
Total stockholders equity $1,645,000

In 2014, the following transactions affected its stockholders equity accounts.
Jan. 1 Purchased 4,500 shares of its own stock at $27 cash per share.
Jan. 5
Directors declared a $3 per share cash dividend payable on Feb. 28 to the Feb. 5 stockholders of record.

Feb. 28

Paid the dividend declared on January 5.

What is the amount of the dividend declared?

A. $177,000
B. $135,000
C. $121,500
D. $326,000
E. $338,500

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