In Calculating Her 2014 Taxable Income, Rhonda, Who Is Age

question 15

Essay

In calculating her 2014 taxable income, Rhonda, who is age 45, deducts the following itemized deductions.
$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array}{lr}\text { Medical expenses }[\$ 6,500-10 \%(\$ 60,000)] & 500 \\\text { State income taxes } & 2,500 \\\text { Property taxes } & 3,000 \\\text { Home mortgage interest on principal residence } & 3,500 \\\text { Charitable contributions } & \$ 800 \\\text { Miscellaneous itemized deductions }[\$ 2,000-2 \%(\$ 60,000)]\\ \text { Total itemized deductions for regular income tax } & \$ 15,300 \end{array}\\\text { Calculate Rhonda's AMT adjustment for itemized deductions. }\end{array}$

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Positive Selection

The evolutionary process by which alleles that confer a fitness advantage increase in frequency within a population, leading to adaptation.

Purifying Selection

A type of natural selection that removes deleterious alleles from a population, leading to a decrease in genetic variation for the traits affected.

Neutral Theory

A theory in molecular evolution that proposes most genetic variations are the result of genetic drift and not selective forces, and that at the molecular level, the majority of mutations are neutral.

Molecular Evolution

The process of evolution at the scale of DNA, RNA, and proteins, encompassing changes in molecular structure and sequence over time.