Torino Company has 10,000 shares of $5 par value, 4% cumulative and nonparticipating preferred stock and 100,000 shares of $10 par value common stock outstanding. The company paid total cash dividends of $1,000 in its first year of operation. The cash dividend that must be paid to preferred stockholders in the second year before any dividend is paid to common stockholders is:

A. $0.
B. $1,000.
C. $3,000.
D. $2,000.
E. $4,000.


Answer: C

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