Questions by rgrant - Page 28

Joe has wages of $200,000 and social security of$10,000. How much, if any, of his social security istaxable?
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In 2020, Andrea and Elliott are married and together they have AGI of $80,000. They are both 50 years old. They have no dependents and they file a joint federal income tax return. During 2020, they paid the following amounts for medical care, for which they were not reimbursed by insurance:Doctor and dentist bills: $3,600Prescription drugs: $1,800Cosmetic surgery: $5,500Health insurance premium: $9,600Over the counter pain killers: $700Determine the deduction allowable for medical expenses paid during that year.
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During his speech to the AGM, the Chairman of Banks DIH stated the company was able to achieve an EBIT of 100, depreciation on assets was 40, interest paid on financing facilities was 20 and final dividends declared was 10. Your brother who is a fledgling financial analyst calculated the cash coverage ratio, what was his most likely answer?Answer:________
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Understanding the many types of big data platforms and technologies is important as a data visualizations expert. Based on the content this week, it is clear to see that organizations have their hands full when it comes to picking platforms and databases to launch their analytics and visualizations from. Find an article that discusses a big data platform or database and discuss the pros and cons. Consider what types of data you might want to store in said platform/database.
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A "stop-loss" is a decision rule that you can implement to limit how much money you can lose. Imagine you're Scopia in early 2011 - you've gone short Bekaert and the stock has gone up. You've taken considerable losses, but you're fairly certain that your analysis is correct and the market will eventually agree with you. What are the reasons you might want to hold on to Bekaert, and what are the reasons you might want to close out the short-sale and accept high losses?
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When interest rates fall, the impact on the economy is typically a(n) in Real GDP and a(n) in the price level. inchease; increase decrease; decrease decrease; increase increase; decrease
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You want to have $26,000 for a down payment on a house 8 years from now. If you can earn 5.8 percent, compounded annually, on your savings, how much do you need to deposit today to reach your goal? Do not use 5, use two decimals or yor answer will be marked wrong (Example 1234.56)
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6) Jamal enjoys pizza (X) and beer (Y). His preferences are of the Cobb-Douglas form and are given by U (X,Y) = X^7/8Y^1/8. He has $100 to spend on the two goods. Pizza costs $10 per unit and beer costs $6 per unit.a) Set up Jamals utility maximization problem.b) Set up Jamal's expenditure minimization problem (the dual problem) that is analogous to the utility maximization problem above. c) c) Solve Jamal's utility maximization problem using each of the three methods discussed in class: 1) Tangency; 2) Lagrangian; and 3) Substitution. (Note: for practice, you can solve the expenditure minimization problem using each method as well)
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The Excel Solver Parameters window shown here has been correctly setup to obtain the optimal solution for the given Maximizatio problem. This is a snipped image to make it easier to concentrate on the specific question. True False Excel Solver does not allow us to use the greater than or equal to, less than or equal to or equal symbols because Excel will not recognize these. True False
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Real GDP is produced in a Cobb-Douglass production function with constant returns to scale using only capital, labor, and total factor productivity. The capital share is 50% and total factor productivity is 4. All markets are perfectly competitive and firms act to maximize profits. If the rental price for capital is $1 per unit of capital, the price is $1 and labor and capital are both equal to 4 thenFirms want to hire more labor.Firms want to hire more capital.Firms are already hiring the profit-maximizing amount of capital.Firms want to hire less capital.We cannot tell what firms will do in this question.
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Chaka owns a warehouse that he uses in his medical supply business. A flood damages the building when it has an adjusted basis of $400,000. Chaka deducts a casualty loss under sectic 165 in the amount of $400,000, and properly reduces its basis in the office building to $0. Chaka pays $200,000 to restore the building by shoring up walls and replacing the building faade. Chaka also pays $40,000 for draining water from the building, cleaning rubbish and debris from the interior and exterior, and making minor repairs to the dry wall. How should these cost be treated for tax purposes? a. $40,000 must be expensed and $200,000 capitalized b. $240,000 must be capitalized c. $240,000 must be expensed d. $200,000 must be expensed and $40,000 capitalized e. There is not enough information to answer the question
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Mario swims, Ivan wrestles, and Consuelo runs.Simple SentenceCompound SentenceCompound SentenceComplex Sentence
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Panchito walks 9.75 kilometers in 90 minutes what is the unit rate in kilometers per hour
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According to the physical activity guidelines for Americans how much physical activity should a 13 year old get daily
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Please help me find the range because I am confused.
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A thief, after committing a theft runs at a uniform speed of 50 m/minute. After 2 minutes, a policeman runs to catch him. He goes 60 m in first minute and increases his speed by 5 m/minute every suceeding minute. After how many minutes, the policeman will catch the theif?
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When a manager answers a subordinate's question regarding the process of creating a report from raw data, they are relying on their _____ skills.
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___ managers work in a variety of areas, including human resources, operations, and marketing.
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In a solar day, the sun comes back to the same place in the sky but, in relation to the distant stars, the earth actually rotates.
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In the context of international trade restrictions, nontariff barriers tend to be fairly effective because:__________
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Tyler's dream is to become a buyer for a men's clothing store. Which college major does it make the MOST sense for Tyler to pursue?marketing or communicationsfine arts or printmakingcomputer science or mathfinance or accounting
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Because the head is proportionately larger in children than in adults, where should padding be placed to obtain proper airway alignment?
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The connection across biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes is most obvious in the two rapidly emerging fields of:_________
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In 2021, the maximum contribution that an individual who earns $1,000 can make to an ira is:________ a. $1,000 b. $4,000 c. $5,000 d. $6,000
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