Whitman Corporation reported pretax book income of $400,000 in 2017. Book depreciationexceeded tax depreciation by $100,000. In addition, the Company accrued vacation pay of $50,000that was not deductible until paid in 2018. Whitman has a net operating loss carryforward of$200,000 from 2016. Assuming a tax rate of 34%, compute the Company's deferred income taxexpense or benefit for 2017

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1