Dan works 50 to 60 hours a week supervising a group of engineers. he realizes that he is spending too much time training new engineers and starts thinking about new options. he could delegate the training to the senior engineers, ask the human resources department to offer training seminars, or require better work experience from all future employees. which step in the rational model of decision making is dan performing here?

a) identifying the problem
b) identifying alternative solutions
c) getting feedback
d) gathering and organizing facts

The correct answer is letter "B": Identifying alternative solutions.

Explanation:

By identifying alternative solutions someone is trying to discard the solution of a problem over another because one of them is helpful but carries a problematic situation. In this process, it is important to identify in what way an objective can be reached without implying affecting other areas or people involved.

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.