Francis Company has 19,200 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2022. Francis issued 2,400 additional shares on May 1 and 1,600 additional shares on September 30. It also has two convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2022. These are: Convertible preferred stock: 2,000 shares of 8.5%, $50 par, preferred stock were issued on January 2, 2019, for $60 per share.

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Francis Company has 19,200 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2022. Francis issued 2,400 additional shares on May 1 and 1,600 additional shares on September 30. It also has two convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2022. These are:

Convertible preferred stock: 2,000 shares of 8.5%, $50 par, preferred stock were issued on January 2, 2019, for $60 per share. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 3 shares of common stock. Current dividends have been declared and paid. To date, no preferred stock has been converted.
Convertible bonds: Bonds with a face value of $200,000 and an interest rate of 5.0% were issued at par in 2018. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 25 shares of common stock. To date, no bonds have been converted.
Francis earned net income of $71,000 during 2022. The income tax rate is 30%.

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1. Compute the number of shares of common stock that should use in calculating basic earning per share of 2022.

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