A company's board of directors votes to declare a cash dividend of $1.10 per share of common stock. The company has 22,000 shares authorized, 17,000 issued, and 16,500 shares outstanding. The total amount of the cash dividend is:

$18,150

Explanation:

Calculation for the total amount of the cash dividend

Since A company's board of directors  has votes to declare the  cash dividend of $1.10 per share of common stock, this means we have to multiply the cash dividend per  share of common stock by the shares outstanding which is $16,500

Using this formula

Cash dividend per share of common stock * Shares outstanding

Let Plug in the formula

$1.10*16,500

=$18,150

Therefore the total amount of the cash dividend  will be $18,150

the correct answer is b.)