Jerome’s teacher gave him a homework assignment on solving equations. Since he’s been thinking about saving for a used car, he decided to use the assignment as an opportunity to model a savings plan. He already has $500, and he plans to save $375 every month. To model the situation, he created this equation, where y represents the total amount saved for the car and x represents the number of months since he started saving:

500 + 375x = y.

He then solved the equation to determine how many months he would need to save to have enough to purchase the car. Review his work, and select the error.

Justification
1: given
2: addition property of equality
3: simplification
4: division property of equality
5: simplification
6: substitution, y = 3,500
7: simplification
Step 1:500 + 375x = y
Step 2:500 + 375x − 500 = y − 500
Step 3: 375x = y − 500
Step 4: =
Step 5: x =
Step 6: x =
Step 7: x = 8
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answer; microeconomics;

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.