The tiny town of nemo has three neighborhoods located on a straight line: neighborhood 1, neighborhood 2, and neighborhood 3, with neighborhood 2 located equidistant between neighborhood 1 and neighborhood 3. there is one daycare center, located on neighborhood 1. there are 10 families residing in each neighborhood, and each family has one child. each family is willing to pay $70/day for daycare, and prefers daycare closest to its own neighborhood (though at current distances, families will purchase daycare services even if it’s two neighborhoods away). families are indifferent between any two daycares in the same neighborhood. suppose that daycare costs $30/day per child to provide. a new daycare center is thinking of opening in nemo. if both daycares will keep their price at $70/day, which neighborhood should the new daycare open in?
1) neighborhood 1
2) neighborhood 2
3) neighborhood 3
4) it does not matter

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.