The lifang wu corporation manufactures two models of industrial robots, the alpha 1 and the beta 2. the firm employs 5 technicians, working 160 hours each per month, on its assembly line. management insists that full employment ( that is, all 160 hours of time) be maintained for each worker during next month�s operations. it requires 20 labor- hours to assemble each alpha 1 robot and 25 labor- hours to assemble each beta 2 model. wu wants to see at least 10 alpha 1s and at least 15 beta 2s produced during the production period. alpha 1s generate a $ 1,200 profit per unit, and beta 2s yield $ 1,800 each. determine the most profitable number of each model of robot to produce during the coming month.

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.