Mickey and Jenny Porter file a joint tax return, and they itemize deductions. The Porters incur $3,425 in employment-related miscellaneous itemized deductions. They also incur $5,375 of investment interest expense during the year. The Porters' income for the year consists of $178,500 in salary and $4,495 of interest income. What is the amount of Porters' investment interest expense deduction for the year?

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?