Mark and his brother, rick, each own farms. rick is experiencing severe financial difficulties and cannot afford to buy feed for his cattle. mark purchases $2,000 of feed and gives rick one-half of the feed. mark tells rick that there is no need to repay him and to consider the feed a gift. which of the following statements is true? a) mark can deduct $2,000 for the feed. b) mark can deduct $1,000 for the feed. c) rick must report $1,000 as income. d) none of the above is true.