Last year susana's mother, maria, suffered from a heart attack and is no longer capable of caring for herself. maria made arrangements with her attorney to have all her property sold and placed in an account to susana care for her. maria then moved into susana's home. susana and her husband, ramon, will now financially support and care for maria. for susana and ramon's income tax purposes, maria is considered to be a(n)

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be: