What is the main difference between a standard deduction and an itemized deduction? a) a standard deduction is the flat dollar amount taxpayers must add to their taxes. an itemized deduction is based on adding multiple contributions and taxes that have not been yet in the year. b) a standard deduction is based on adding multiple contributions and taxes that have not been yet in the year. an itemized deduction is the flat dollar amount taxpayers must add to their taxes. c) a standard deduction is based on subtracting multiple contributions and taxes already paid during the year. an itemized deduction is the flat dollar amount taxpayers can subtract from their taxes. d) a standard deduction is the flat dollar amount taxpayers can subtract from their taxes. an itemized deduction is based on subtracting multiple contributions and taxes already paid during the year.

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”