Railway Cabooses just paid its annual dividend of $2.10 per share. The company has been reducing the dividends by 11.5 percent each year. How much are you willing to pay today to purchase stock in this company if your required rate of return is 13 percent?

b. $1,730,000

Explanation:

Pension expense = $ervice cost component + Opening projected benefit obligation*settlement rate - Opening pension assets*Expected rate of return + Amortization of prior service cost  

= $890,000 + ($11,400,000*0.10) - ($6,000,000*0.08) + $180,000

= $890,000 + $1,140,000 - $480,000 + $180,000

= $1,730,000