Last year, jane identified $87,400 as a nonbusiness bad debt. in that tax year before considering the tax implications of the nonbusiness bad debt, jane had $174,800 of taxable income, of which $8,740 consisted of short-term capital gains. this year, jane collected $17,480 of the amount she had previously identified as a bad debt.

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.