fox corp., an s corporation, had an ordinary loss of $36,500 for the year ended december 31, year 2. at january 1, year 2, duffy owned 50% of fox’s stock. duffy held the stock for 40 days in year 2 before selling the entire 50% interest to an unrelated third party. duffy’s basis for the stock was $10,000. duffy was a full-time employee of fox until the stock was sold. duffy’s share of fox’s loss was:

a) $0

b) $2,000

c) $10,000

d) $18,250

When a company produces and sells x thousand units per week, its total weekly profit is p thousand dollars, where upper p equals startfraction 800 x over 100 plus x squared endfraction . the production level at t weeks from the present is x equals 4 plus 2 t. find the marginal profit, startfraction dp over dx endfraction and the time rate of change of profit, startfraction dp over dt endfraction . how fast (with respect of time) are profits changing when tequals8?