Nitai, who is single and has no dependents, was planning on spending the weekend repairing his car. On Friday, Nitai’s employer called and offered him $525 in overtime pay if he would agree to work over the weekend. Nitai could get his car repaired over the weekend at Autofix for $420. If Nitai works over the weekend, he will have to pay the $420 to have his car repaired, but he will earn $525. Assume Nitai’s marginal tax rate is 12 percent rate. Required:
a. Strictly considering tax factors, should Nitai work or repair his car if the $420 he must pay to have his car fixed is deductible for AGI?
b. Given the answer in a above, by how much is Nitai better or worse off?

Let's consider a hypothetical airline, mudlarks airlines. on one of its flights, precious records show that about 15% of people who had tickets for the flights did not take the flight. there are 120 seats on the plane. 1. how many tickets should mudlarks airlines sell for this flight? 2. as an added consideration, suppose that tickets on this flight cost a flat rate of $250. in addition, mudlarks airlines must give any traveler who purchased a seat for the flight, but who cannot travel due to overbooking, a $400 certificate for their trouble. does this change your answer in question one? now, suppose that mudlarks airlines forms a partnership itch another airline, puffin air. their agreement allocates 100 seats on the flight to mudlarks airlines and another 20 seats to puffin air. the 2 airlines sell tickets for the flight independently of each other. 3. assuming the same 15% no show percent for each airline, how many tickets should each sell?