On december 31, 2017, beta company had 300,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. beta issued a 5% stock dividend on june 30, 2018. on september 30, 2018, 40,000 shares of common stock were reacquired as treasury stock. what is the appropriate number of shares to be used in the basic earnings per share computation for 2018?

Janis owns and operates a store in a country experiencing a high rate of inflation. in order to prevent the value of money in her cash register from falling too quickly, janis sends an employee to the bank four times per day to make deposits in a interest-bearing account that protects the store's revenues from the effects of inflation. this is an example of the (menu costs/ unit of account costs/ shoesleather costs) of inflation. pick one