Dividend paymentsin 2012 entergy paid a regular quarterly dividend of $.83 per share. a.match each of the following dates.(a1) january 27 (b1) record date(a2) february 6 (b2) payment date(a3) february 7 (b3) ex-dividend date(a4) february 9 (b4) last with-dividend date(a5) march 1 (b5) declaration date b. on one of these dates, the stock price fell by about $.83. which date? why? c. entergy’s stock price in february 2012 was $68. what was the dividend yield? d. entergy forecasted earnings per share of about $6 for 2012. what was the payout ratio? e. suppose that entergy paid a 10% stock dividend. what would happen to the stock price?

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.