Misti Purchased a Residence This Year Misti Files as a Head of Household and Claims Two

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Misti purchased a residence this year. Misti is a single parent and lives with her 1-year old daughter. This year, Misti received a salary of $63,000 and made the following payments: $$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Emergency room and doctor visits } & \$ 3,760 \\\hline \text { Prescription medication } & 500 \\\hline \text { Physical therapy } & \underline { 600 } \\\hline \text { Total qualifying medical expenses } & \$ 4,860 \\\hline \text { Less insurance reimbursement } & \underline { - 1,200 } \\\hline \text { Qualifying medical expenses from the accident } & \$ 3,650 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Misti files as a head of household and claims two exemptions. Calculate her taxable income this year.

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Definitions:

Market Competition

The rivalry among businesses to attract customers and achieve higher sales, profits, and market share.

Cournot Model

An economic model that describes an industry structure in which companies compete on the quantity of output they will produce, assuming that each firm's output decision affects the market price.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, a homogenous product, and free entry and exit, leading to price taking behavior.

Price-leadership Model

An economic concept where one or more dominant firms set their prices, and other, smaller firms in the industry then follow by setting the same or similar prices.