Oriole Corporation has 74,000 shares of common stock outstanding It declares a $2 pershare cash dividend on November 1 tostockholders of record on December 1 The dividend is paid on December 31.Prepare the entries on the appropriate dates to record the declaration and payment of the cash dividend. (Record journal entries in theorder presented in the problem. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry isrequired, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.)

The journal entries are prepared to keep the record of day to day transactions of the business. The…

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