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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Earnings Per Share |
Earnings per share | The amounts used in computing earnings per common share and the effects of potentially dilutive securities on the weighted average number of common shares were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | 9 |  | $ | 160
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share |  | 84 |  |  | 84
Effects of dilutive securities 1 |  | 1 |  |  | 1
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share |  | 85 |  |  | 85
Basic earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | 1.90
Diluted earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | 1.89
1 | Includes effects of stock options and restricted stock units.

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