In 2021, Borland Semiconductors entered into the transactions described below. In 2018, Borland had issued 190 million shares of its $1 par common stock at $37 per share.
Required:
Assuming that Borland retires shares it reacquires, record the appropriate journal entry for each of the following transactions: (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions (i. e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

1. On January 2, 2021, Borland reacquired 11 million shares at $36.00 per share.
2. On March 3, 2021, Borland reacquired 11 million shares at $39 per share.
3. On August 13, 2021, Borland sold 1 million shares at $45 per share.
4. On December 15, 2021, Borland sold 2 million shares at $39 per share.

common stock          11,000,000 debit

additional paid-in  385,000,000 debit

           cash                   396,000,000 credit

common stock          11,000,000 debit

additional paid-in   418,000,000 debit

           cash                   429,000,000 credit

cash        45,000,000 debit

   common stock        1,000,000 credit

   additional paid-in  44,000,000 credit

cash      78,000,000 debit

   common stock       2,000,000 credit

  additional paid-in  76,000,000 credit

Explanation:

As we assume the shares are retired there is no treasury stock or additional paid-in treasury stock we directly decrease common stock and additional paid-in for the amount of the purchased shares.

when new shares are sold we take it as annormal isuance of shares.

you have to put the parentheses like this:

in fact, you have to perform the operation inside parentheses first, and then proceed in order:

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