Stephanie is a twelve-year-old who often assists neighbors on weekends by babysitting their children. calculate the 2013 standard deduction stephanie will claim under the following independent circumstances (assume that stephanie's parents will claim her as a dependent).
(a) stephanie reported $850 of earnings from her babysitting.
standard deduction:
(b) stephanie reported $1,500 of earnings from her babysitting.
standard deduction:
(c) stephanie reported $6,200 of earnings from her babysitting.
standard deduction:
note: this must be for 2013!

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?