Ridgewood Company has 25,000 shares of cumulative 2% preferred stock, $50 par and 150,000 shares of $25 par common stock. During the current year, $62,500 was distributed as dividends. Determine the numerator in the dividend yield calculation. a.$0.25

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen