Stella, age 38, is single with no dependents. the following information was obtained from her personal records for the 2018 year.

salary $30,000
interest income 7,000
alimony received 12,000
individual retirement account contribution 2,000
home mortgage interest expense 4,000
property taxes 2,000
personal casualty loss in a federal disaster area (after the $100 floor) 38,000
stolen investment property 16,000

based on the above information, what is stella's net operating loss for 2018?
a. $0
b. ($13,000)
c. ($8,300)
d. ($7,200)
e. none of these choices are correct.

Slimwood corporation made sales of $ 725 million during 2018. of this amount, slimwood collected cash for $ 670 million. the company's cost of goods sold was $ 300 million, and all other expenses for the year totaled $ 400 million. also during 2018, slimwood paid $ 420 million for its inventory and $ 285 million for everything else. beginning cash was $ 110 million. carter's top management is interviewing you for a job and they ask two questions: (a) how much was carter's net income for 2018? (b) how much was carter's cash balance at the end of 2016? you will get the job only if you answer both questions correctly.

Noah met an old friend at a coffee shop. he jotted down the friend's new phone number, but later that afternoon he could not find it or remember what he had done with it. a couple of days later, noah went back to the coffee shop, and while waiting in line, he suddenly remembered where he had put the phone number. this is an example of:

Suppose we are interested in bidding on a piece of land and we know one other bidder is interested. the seller announced that the highest bid in excess of $9,500 will be accepted. assume that the competitor's bid x is a random variable that is uniformly distributed between $9,500 and $15,500. suppose you bid $12,000. what is the probability that your bid will be accepted?