Margaret owns a stuffed animal shop. at first, it is just her daughter allison and her hand‑sewing stuffed bears, stuffed sharks, and stuffed giraffes in the spare bedroom. over time, margaret decides to rent a larger shop and hire more workers to out, increasing to a staff of 20 people. everything is still hand sewn. she notices, however, that her stuffed animal output increased much more than tenfold despite her work force increasing by that amount. however, any more than 20 workers slows down production.

a. increased average cost.
b. alternative production technologies
c. economies of scale
d. increasing marginal productivity

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills. what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i. e, his fifth year, not his junior year).