A recent college graduate is planning to move cross country from her college town to the city where her first job is located. She has rented a truck that can haul up to 1100 cubic feet of furniture. The volume and value of each item she is considering moving on the truck are given below. Suppose she can save $400 by renting a smaller truck, which has only 800 cubic feet of capacity.
While still maximizing the value of the items taken, would she be better off with the smaller truck?

Bedroom Set Dining Set Stereo Sofa TV
Value $450 $500 $150 $200 $100
Volume 800 600 300 400 80

The stock of grommet corporation, a u.s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u.s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u.s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u.s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?