Alan meer inherits a hotel from his grandmother, mary, on february 11 of the current year. mary bought the hotel for $730,000 three years ago. mary deducted $27,000 of cost recovery on the hotel before her death. the fair market value of the hotel in february is $725,000. (assume that the alternative valuation date is not used.)a. what is alan’s adjusted basis in the hotel? b. if the fair market value of the hotel at the time of mary’s death was $500,000, what is alan’s basis?

Which one of the following statements is true? ddt does not prevent disease from passing from agricultural animals to humans. cost was a major factor in the united states government's decision to ban ddt. many african governments concluded that the potential long-term health effects of ddt were not as serious as the immediate problem of insect control. ddt cannot accumulate in the fat of animals. the ddt ban in the united states has made it very difficult to control agricultural insect pests.