This year randy paid $28,000 of interest. (randy borrowed $450,000 to buy his residence, which is currently worth $500,000.) randy also paid $2,500 of interest on his car loan and $4,200 of margin interest to his stockbroker (investment interest expense). how much of this interest expense can randy deduct as an itemized deduction under the following circumstances? a. randy received $2,200 of interest this year and no other investment income or expenses. his agi is $75,000. interest deductible $. randy had no investment income this year, and his agi is $75,000.interest deducttible $

Suppose matt and bree go out to get pizza. they order breadsticks and a large pepperoni pizza. after eating the breadsticks, and one piece of pizza bree decides to have an additional piece, but she does not eat a third piece. if bree is a rational individual why did she not eat the third piece of pizza? the marginal cost of the

An investment counselor calls with a hot stock tip. he believes that if the economy remains strong, the investment will result in a profit of $40 comma 00040,000. if the economy grows at a moderate pace, the investment will result in a profit of $10 comma 00010,000. however, if the economy goes into recession, the investment will result in a loss of $40 comma 00040,000. you contact an economist who believes there is a 2020% probability the economy will remain strong, a 7070% probability the economy will grow at a moderate pace, and a 1010% probability the economy will slip into recession. what is the expected profit from this investment?

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct