00:01
The number of preferred shares required to receive $5 ,600 in dividends is $5 ,600 divided by $1 .5.
00:13
This will be equal to 37533 .33.
00:18
Since the company has 15 ,000 preferred shares, this means that all preferred dividends were paid and there were no dividends available for common shareholders.
00:26
So, the dividends per share for preferred stock for 20y1 is $1 .5 and the dividends per share for common stock is $0.
00:42
Now for 20y2, the total amount of preferred dividends is $56 ,300 plus $18 ,000 which is equal to $74 ,300.
00:57
The preferred stockholders are entitled to receive $1 .5 per share per year.
01:03
So the number of preferred shares required to receive this much amount of dividend is $49 ,533 .33.
01:20
Since the company has only 15 ,000 preferred shares, the remaining $21 ,333 in dividends goes to common shareholders...