Numerical fill-in-the-blank. Marv works at a bakery. During a shift at work, Marv can decorate either 8 wedding cakes or 13 cheesecakes. The opportunity cost of Marv making a wedding cake is cheesecakes. (If your answer is a decimal, round to the nearest tenth)

1.6 cheesecakes

Explanation: Opportunity cost is simply the cost of a forgone alternative. It is the cost of an opportunity forgone (and the loss of the benefits that could be received from that opportunity); the most valuable forgone alternative.

If Marv can decorate 8 wedding cakes or 13 cheesecakes, it follows that the opportunity cost of making 8 wedding cakes is 13 cheesecakes. The question asks the cost of making a cake. This is given by:

13/8 = 1.625 cheesecakes

= 1.6 cheesecakes to the nearest tenth as the answer.

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.