15. Ms. Mason is a kindergarten teacher whose gross income last year was $34,200. She made a $2000 contribution to an IRA. If she takes a standard deduction of
$5700, claims only herself as an exemption for $3650, and she makes no further
adjustment to her income, find the amount of taxes she has to pay.

Which pair of lines is parallel? a. y=4x+1 and y+4=5 b. y=-2+x and 2y-2x=-2 c. y=1/4x + 2 and y-2=1/2x d. y=1/5x+1 and 5y+x= 10

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

The triangles are similar. what is the value of x? show your work.