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Jean owned $x$ shares of a corporation and received a quarterly dividend check for $y$ dollars. Express the annual dividend for one share algebraically.
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Since the dividend is given quarterly (four times a year), we multiply the quarterly dividend by 4. This gives us the total annual dividend, which is $4y$. Show more…
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