1. at his review last year, bryan was promised a 20 percent raise if he met his production goals. raises were included in today's paychecks, and although bryan has met all of his goals, he received only a cost-of-living raise. in the future, bryan's will probably be ; lowexpectancy; high2. are subtle, brief forms of discrimination that may be intentional or unintentional. an example is ; "how old are you? "microaggressions; "so, you’re chinese, right? "derogatories; "why do you sound white? "derogatories; "where are you from? "3 maria and jose have worked together in the same office in the same position for quite some time. they have similar educational backgrounds and have been on the job for about the same period of time. maria works extremely hard and often notices that jose is taking long breaks and not putting in the same effort as she is. thus, when she learns that jose is paid $8000, more than what she earns, she gets very upset and decides to reduce her effort and take long breaks as well. which of the following theories explains this behavior? goal-setting theoryerg theoryexpectancy theoryequity theoryexpectancy; lowvalence; high

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept,the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year.to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51