Alfonso wants to know what the cost of living would be in four different cities. he looks at circular ads from each of the cities and finds the prices of goods that he would normally buy during a typical trip to the grocery store each week. he adds up what he would pay for each grocery trip in the different cities and calls the sum "price of grocery basket." he compares theses costs to what he would earn in each city. compute alfonso’s real wage in terms of how many baskets of groceries his wage could purchase and complete the "real wage" column with this information. instructions: round your answers to whole numbers. alfonso’s nominal and real wages cityprice of nominalnominalreal wage grocery basket ($)wage ($)(baskets of groceries) boston$187.17$56,000 pittsburgh174.7450,000 minneapolis169.6255,000 houston155.0045,000

Tom and carol are resident aliens, married, and want to file a joint return. they have two children. sydney is 5 years old and a resident alien. benjamin is 2 years old and a u.s. citizen. both children lived with the parents in the united states all year. tom, carol, and sydney have individual taxpayer identification numbers (itins). benjamin has a social security number. tom earned $30,000 in wages. carol had $8,000 in wage income. they had no other income. tom and carol provided all the support for sydney and benjamin. sydney and benjamin attended daycare while tom and carol were at work. tom and carol did not receive dependent care benefits from a dependent care benefits plan or flexible spending account. the daycare center provided the baker's with a statement indicating the amount of $3,250 paid for 2018, their name, address and valid employer identification number. 6. who can tom and carol claim as a qualifying child for the child tax credit? a. sydney b. benjamin c. both sydney and benjamin d. neither sydney or benjamin