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White and Wong, Inc. has had financial difficulty and is being liquidated by the Federal Bankruptcy Court. The firm has a liquidation value of $1,000,000 --- $400,000 from the fixed assets that served as collateral for the mortgage bonds and $600,000 from all other assets (all prior claims have been satisfied). The firm's current capital structure is as follows:

Source of Capital Amount

Unsecured bonds $500,000
Mortgage bonds $400,000
Preferred stock $100,000
Common stock $500,000

The common stockholders will receive __________ in the liquidation?

a) $500,000,
b) $333,333,
c) $198,000, or
d) $0.

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Answer: the common stockholders will receive $0 in the liquidation

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