Additives such as NutraSweet, a chemical sweetener, are combined with other ingredients to make food products. In the process, they lose their distinct identities. One can no longer tell NutraSweet from other ingredients used to make candy bars or soft drinks. NutraSweet is a:

Tri fecta, a partnership, had revenues of $369,000 in its first year of operations. the partnership has not collected on $45,000 of its sales and still owes $39,500 on $155,000 of merchandise it purchased. there was no inventory on hand at the end of the year. the partnership paid $27,000 in salaries. the partners invested $48,000 in the business and $23,000 was borrowed on a five-year note. the partnership paid $2,070 in interest that was the amount owed for the year and paid $9,500 for a two-year insurance policy on the first day of business. compute net income for the first year for tri fecta.

Q3. loral corporation manufactures parts for an aircraft company. it uses a computerized numerical controlled (cnc) machining center to produce a specific part that has a design (nominal) target of 1.275 inches with tolerances of ± 0.020 inch. the cnc process that manufactures these parts has a mean of 1.285 inches and a standard deviation of 0.005 inch. compute the process capability ratio and process capability index, and comment on the overall capability of the process to meet the design specifications.

The undress company produces a dress that women use to quickly and easily change in public. the company is just over a year old and has been successful through a kickstarter campaign. the undress company has identified a customer segment, but if it wants to reach a larger customer segment market outside of the kickstarter family, what question must it answer?