Cutco promotes and prices its knife products to convey its premium quality and backs them with exceptional customer service to make its products stand out in a crowded market. Which of the following terms is used to describe the process of creating and designing products so customers perceive them as different from competing products?

a. Quality differentiation
b. Line extension
c. Product differentiation
d. Product modification
e. Product design

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Anew firm is developing its business plan. it will require $615,000 of assets, and it projects $450,000 of sales and $355,000 of operating costs for the first year. management is reasonably sure of these numbers because of contracts with its customers and suppliers. it can borrow at a rate of 7.5%, but the bank requires it to have a tie of at least 4.0, and if the tie falls below this level the bank will call in the loan and the firm will go bankrupt. what is the maximum debt ratio the firm can use? (hint: find the maximum dollars of interest, then the debt that produces that interest, and then the related debt ratio.)a. 41.94%b. 44.15%c. 46.47%d. 48.92%e. 51.49%