Lara, a single taxpayer with a 32 percent marginal tax rate, desires health insurance. the health insurance would cost lara $5,000 to purchase if she pays for it herself (lara's agi is too high to receive any tax deduction for the insurance as a medical expense). lara's employer has a 21 percent marginal tax rate. ignoring payroll taxes, what is the maximum amount of before-tax salary lara would give up to receive health insurance?

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.