Imagine that you are the chief information officer for a medium-sized company that sells pre-packaged ingredients for healthy meals. The company is considering introducing emerging technologies into daily operations to improve employee productivity and expand its customer base. Keep in mind that the company’s focus is to promote a healthy lifestyle and reach as many people with its products as possible. 1) What are some of the key questions that will need to be answered before you are able to determine if implementing any new technology is worthwhile? List at least three questions to ask.

Liquid flows at steady state at a rate of 2 lb/'s through a pump, which operates to raise the elevation of the liquid 100 ft from control volume inlet to exit. the liquid specific enthalpy at the inlet is 40.09 btu/lb and at the exit is 40.94 btub. the pump requires 3 btu/s of power to operate. if kinetic energy effects are negligible and gravitational acceleration is 32.174 tt/s, the heat transfer rate associated with this steady state process is most closely 1)-2,02 btu/s from the liquid to the surroundings 2)-3.98 btu/s from the surroundings to the liquid. 3)-4.96 btu/s from the surroundings to the liquid. 4)-1.04 btu/s from the liquid to the surroundings.