FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING:TOOLS FOR BUSINESS
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Chapter 11, Problem 18Q
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Stock Splits: It is a method of increasing the total number of outstanding shares thereby, reducing the market price of each share, but keeping the corporation’s total market value unchanged.
To compute: the number of outstanding shares after 3-for-1 split.
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