Rhea $xu$ is a self$-$employed professional singer$.$ She resides in a rented apartment and uses one room exclusively as a business office.

This room includes $360$ of the $3,000$ square feet of living space in the apartment. Ms$.$ Xu performs in recording studios and concert

halls, but she conducts all of the administrative duties with respect to the business in her home office. This year, Ms$.$ Xu's apartment

rent was $$63,000.$ She paid $$8,000$ to a housekeeping service that cleaned the entire apartment once a week and $$3,500$ for renter's

insurance on the apartment furnishings.

Required:

a$.$ Compute Ms$.$ Xu's home office deduction assuming that her net profit before the deduction was $$450,000.$

b$.$ Compute Ms$.$ Xu's home office deduction assuming that her net profit before the deduction was $$5,500.$

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