Isabella and Mateo made an incredible amount of money this year, and their tax lawyer was able to use many deductions to reduce their adjusted gross income by millions of dollars. However, despite all of his attempts to get them out of paying as many taxes, they still had to pay some. Which type of tax MOST likely ensured that Isabella and Mateo were required to pay some taxes? A. withholding tax
B. earned-income tax
C. alternative minimum tax
D. sales tax

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?