Answer: Please refer to Explanation
Explanation:
This is how the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31 should look like,
STOCKHOLDERS'S EQUITY
Contributed Capital
Common Stock (29000 shares x $ 1 par) $29,000
Preferred Stock (19500 shares x $ 10 par) $195,000
Paid in Capital in excess of Common Stock at par ($841000 - $29000) $812,000
Paid in Capital in excess of Preferred Stock at par (19500 shares x ($39 - $10)) $565,500
Total Contributed Capital (sum of all of the above) $1,601,500
Retained Earnings ( $59,000 - $10,000) $49,000
Total Stockholder's Equity (Retained Earnings to contributed cap) $1,650,500
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