Sage Hill Leasing Company signs a lease agreement on January 1, 2020, to lease electronic equipment to Oriole Company. The term of the non-cancelable lease is 2 years, and payments are required at the end of each year. The following information relates to this agreement: 1. Oriole has the option to purchase the equipment for $22,500 upon termination of the lease. It is not reasonably certain that Oriole will exercise this option.
2. The equipment has a cost of $250,000 and fair value of $273,000 to Sage Hill Leasing. The useful economic life is 2 years, with a residual value of $22,500.
3. Sage Hill Leasing desires to earn a return of 5% on its investment.
4. Collectability of the payments by Sage Hill Leasing is probable.

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. 

answer: b. false

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