A product is a failure if it is not able to achieve the anticipated life cycle as expected by the organization.
In such a case, there is a withdrawal of the product from the market as a result of its ultimate failure of a product to achieve profitability.
Four common causes of product failure are poor design, poor construction, poorly communicated operating instructions, and <u>operator error or misuse</u>
Function notation is a precise way of giving information about a function without need for a lengthy written explanation. The most common function notation is f (x) which is interpreted as "f of x".
For the year 2005,
t = 2005 -2000
= 5
Using the function notation to represent the cost (in dollars) of a new Accord in 2005 is f(5)
