Sarah is tired of driving the old used car she purchased 2 years ago for $18,000. she estimates it is worth about $8000 now. a car salesman gave her this deal: "look, i'll give you $10,000 in trade for this year's model. this is $2000 more than you expect, and it is $3000 more than the current official kelly blue book value for your car. our sales price for your new car is only $28,000, which is $6000 less than the manufacturer's sticker price of $34,000. considering the extra $3000 on the trade-in and the $6000 reduction from the sticker price, you are paying $9000 less for the new car. so, let's trade now, okay? " if sarah were to perform a replacement analysis at this moment, what is the correct first cost for (a) the defender and (b) the challenger?

The struter partnership has total partners’ equity of $510,000, which is made up of main, capital, $400,000, and frist, capital, $110,000. the partners share net income and loss in a ratio of 80% to main and 20% to frist. on november 1, adison is admitted to the partnership and given a 15% interest in equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. prepare journal entries to record the admission of adison for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss under the following independent assumptions. (1) record the admission of adison with an investment of $90,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. (2) record the admission of adison with an investment of $120,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. (3) record the admission of adison with an investment of $80,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss.

In terms of the "great wheel of science", statistics are central to the research process (a) only between the hypothesis phase and the observation phase (b) only between the observation phase and the empirical generalization phase (c) only between the theory phase and the hypothesis phase (d) only between the empirical generalization phase and the theory phase

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?