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The net earnings for Canadian Western Bank (CWB) for the twelve months were $63,131,000. There were 31,565,500 common shares outstanding and no preferred shares outstanding at that time. If a common share of Canadian Western Bank was trading at $30.00 at the time, then the Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio must have been closest to: