Southern cities trucking company has the following five-year record of earnings per share: which of the following procedures would produce higher dividends to stockholders over this five-year period? a. paying out dividends at a fixed ratio of 34% of eps. b. paying out dividends at a fixed rate of $1.44 per share. a. if they pay out dividends at a fixed ratio of 34% of eps, the total of the dividends over the 5-year period is $ nothing. (round to the nearest cent.) b. if they pay out dividends at a fixed rate of $1.44 per share, the total of the dividends over the 5-year period is $ nothing. (round to the nearest cent.) which of the two procedures would produce the greater amount of dividends to stockholders over this 5-year period? (select the best answer below.) a. total dividends are highest with a fixed ratio of 34% of eps. b. total dividends are highest with a fixed rate of $1.44 per share.