Question

Use the following stockholders' equity section of Marcy Company on December 31, 2004 to answer questions 45 through 50. Treat each question independent of the other questions - so your answer to question 46 should not be influenced by the answer to question 45, and so on:

Preferred Stock - 6% cumulative, $20 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, 5,000 shares issued and outstanding . .$100,000
Contributed Capital in excess of par value, Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
Common Stock, $5 par value, 20,000 shares authorized, 10,000 shares issued and outstanding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000
Contributed Capital in excess of par value, Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450,000
Total Contributed Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850,000
Retained Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000
Total Stockholders' Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000

The average issue price per share of preferred stock must have been: _________

Answer 1

$70.00

Step-by-step explanation:

Average issue price per share of preferred stock = (Preferred stock capital + Contributed capital in excess of par value, Preferred Stock) / Number of shares issues & outstanding

Average issue price per share of preferred stock = ($100,000 + $250,000) / 5,000 shares

Average issue price per share of preferred stock = $350,000 / 5,000 shares

Average issue price per share of preferred stock = $70.00