Alchemy manufacturing produces a pesticide chemical and uses process costing. there are three processing departmentslong dash—mixing, refining, and packaging. on january 1, the first departmentlong dash—mixinglong dash—had no beginning inventory. during january, 56,000 fl. oz. of chemicals were started in production. of these, 30,000 fl. oz. were completed and 26,000 fl. oz. remained in process. in the mixing department, all direct materials are added at the beginning of the production process, and conversion costs are applied evenly throughout the process. the weighted-average method is used. at the end of the month, alchemy calculated equivalent units. the ending inventory in the mixing department was 75% complete with respect to conversion costs. with respect to direct materials, what is the number of equivalent units in the ending inventory? a.19,500 equivalent unitsb.30,000 equivalent unitsc.26,000 equivalent unitsd.56,000 equivalent units

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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.