Talbot purchased a laptop for $1,500 and a television for $1,300. the laptop is used solely for business and the television solely for personal entertainment. during the same year, talbot experienced serious financial difficulty and sold the television for $300 and the laptop for $1,000. what amount, if any, is talbot entitled to deduct as a loss relating to the sale of the television and laptop?
a. $0
b. $500
c. $1,000
d. $1,500

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?