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Christopher regularly invests in tech company stocks, hoping to become wealthy by making an early investment in the next high-tech phenomenon. In 2011, Christopher purchased 3,000 shares of FlicksNet, a film rental company, for $15 per share shortly after the company went public. Because Christopher purchased the shares in their initial offering, the shares are qualified small business stock. In 2017, Christopher sold 800 of the shares (at $325 per share) so that he could purchase a reservation for a seat on Elon Musk’s first human mission to Mars. Christopher will include $_______ of the gain realized on sale in his 2017 taxable income. For AMT purposes, $_______ of the gain is an AMT preference.