Sean was recently hired to join the marketing team at axon international. he will be starting at the company in two weeks. sean has the reputation of being an expert in ad campaigns and catching the attention of the target audience. however, he also has the reputation of not getting along with anyone. he doesn't care much about where and for whom he works but is primarily motivated to achieve goals for himself and beat his own records. as soon as amanda heard about sean joining the team, she turned in her resignation. ashton, another team member, called sean and met him for lunch to express all the team members' concerns and to smooth things out before sean formally joins the team. ashton's reaction can be described as

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.