5. Firms can measure the success of a new product, by asking three questions. Which of the following is NOT one of these questions? Does the good satisfy the consumers' technical requirements? Is the product something that consumers consider viable and valuable? Is the product already offered by competing firms? Did sales of the product satisfy the producer's financial requirements?

The correct answer is the third option: Is the product already offered by competing firms?

Explanation:

To begin with, if the a company is looking forward to measure the success of a new product by asking three fundamental questions then the most important ones are those that implicates the satisfaction of the consumers and of the managers that work in the financial area due to the fact that they are the ones who make all the calculates and decide in what to invest, therefore that the success of the product will be achieved if it satisfies the technical requirements of the clients, if it is consider viable and valuable and if the sales were good enough to satify the producer's financial requirements.

Is the product already offered by competing firms?

Explanation:

This specific question must be made before the product is launched, while the development process is still going on, either in steps two or three: idea screening or testing the concept.

Once your product has been launched, you should worry about how to gain a higher market share than your competition or if your product satisfies your clients' needs, etc., but not about the fact that your competition was already selling it.

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.