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Marian is itemizing deductions on her federal income tax return and had $1500 in non-reimbursed work expenses last year. if her agi was $46,000, and if non-reimbursed work expenses are deductible to the extent that they exceed 2 % of a taxpayer's agi, how much can marian deduct for non- reimbursed work expenses? a: $30 b: $580 c: $920 d: $1470

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. 2. which sentence in this passage introduces a new topic that might begin a new paragraph? a. sentence 5 b. sentence 4 c. sentence 7 d. sentence 6

The biome pictured above is found in areas such as kenya and south africa. the land is grass-covered with very few trees and gazelles and other grazers are common here. why does this biome have a low population of trees? a) large grazing animals destroy the trees. b) it is a deforested rainforest with poor soil. c) it has high temperatures and low precipitation. d) it has a long rainy season followed by flooding.