Robin inherits 1,000 shares of wal-mart stock from her aunt in 2017. according to the information received from the executor of her aunt's estate, robin's adjusted basis for the stock is $55,000. albert, robin's fiancé, receives 1,000 shares of wal-mart stock from his uncle as a gift in 2017. his uncle tells albert that his adjusted basis for the wal-mart stock is $7,000. what could cause the substantial difference in the adjusted basis for robin's and albert's respective 1,000 shares of wal-mart stock?

Total marketing effort is a term used to describe the critical decision factors that affect demand: price, advertising, distribution, and product quality. define the variable x to represent total marketing effort. a typical model that is used to predict demand as a function of total marketing effort is based on the power function: d = axb suppose that a is a positive number. different model forms result from varying the constant b. sketch the graphs of this model for b = 0, b = 1, 0< b< 1, b< 0, and b> 1. (we encourage you to use excel to do this.) what does each model tell you about the relationship between demand and marketing effort? what assumptions are implied? are they reasonable? how would you go about selecting the appropriate model?