Use the following selected information from Wheeler, LLC to determine the 2017 and 2016 common size percentages for operating expenses using Net sales as the base.

2017 2016
Net sales $ 276,200 $ 231,400
Cost of goods sold 151,900 129,590
Operating expenses 55,240 53,240
Net earnings 27,820 19,820

Multiple Choice
O 23.9% for 2017 and 23% for 2016.
O 20.0% for 2017 and 23% for 20'16.
O103.9% for 2017 and 100.0% for 2016.
O 36.4% for 2017 and 41.1% for 2016.
O 55.0% for 2017 and 56.0% for 2016.

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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.