A Company with 100,000 Authorized Shares of $4 Par Common

question 24

Multiple Choice

A company with 100,000 authorized shares of $4 par common stock issued 40,000 shares at $8. Subsequently, the company declared a 4% stock dividend on a date when the market price was $12 a share. What is the amount transferred from the Retained Earnings account to Paid-in Capital accounts as a result of the stock dividend?

• A) $12,800
• B) $19,200
• C) $32,000
• D) $48,800

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Definitions:

Profit-Maximizing Quantity

The level of production at which a business achieves the highest amount of profit, where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.

Economic Profit

Economic profit is the difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.

Total Fixed Costs

The sum of all costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production or output in the short term.

Total Variable Costs

The total of all costs that vary with the level of output, including costs such as materials and labor that change with the scale of production.