Mott Business Machines has long been located in a "characterful" building reflecting the owner's quirky sense of style. Most employees, however, see it as a relic, with plumbing that is, at best, unreliable, heating and cooling systems that are out of sync with the season, inadequate wiring and connectivity, and inconvenient layout. Several employees have left because they were fed up with working conditions and many others complain on a regular basis. Concerned about the loss of valued employees, Mott's owner recently moved the business to a business park in which their facilities have reliable heating, cooling, and plumbing and adequate wiring and connectivity. Consider Herzberg's two-factor theory. Now that this significant dissatisfier has been removed, will Mott's employees now have high levels of satisfaction?

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business. the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

Amanda rice has just arranged to purchase a $640,000 vacation home in the bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. the mortgage has a 7 percent apr compounded monthly and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. her first payment will be due one month from now. however, the mortgage has an eight-year balloon payment, meaning that the balance of the loan must be paid off at the end of year 8. there were no other transaction costs or finance charges. how much will amanda’s balloon payment be in eight years

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.