The do-it-yourselfer plucked a gallon can of base paint from the shelf of the local hardware store and handed it to keith, the cheerful clerk at the paint counter. their eyes met briefly and the do-it-yourselfer silently handed over sample 150c-1, musical mist, to the clerk. it was impractical to keep several gallons of every possible color on the shelves at the hardware store, so the paint manufacturer had created clever workaround. the workaround was a computer-based system that added predetermined quantities of pigments to a gallon can of base paint depending on the desired shade, in this case, musical mist. the hardware store now needed to stock only the base paint, this machine, and a small supply of paint pigments in order to create the thousands of colors in its catalog. this scenario is a prime example of a. vendor-managed inventory. b. postponement. c. the bullwhip effect. d. drop shipping.

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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.