Kansas enterprises purchased equipment for $78,000 on january 1, 2021. the equipment is expected to have a ten-year service life, with a residual value of $8,100 at the end of ten years. using the double-declining balance method, depreciation expense for 2022 would be:
a. $21,600.b. $24,800.c. $36,000.d. $45,600.

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above