In the island country jambalaya, a debate is on about the gender wage gap among factory workers in the economy. the women's leadership foundation (wlf), a feminist group, attributes the difference in wages to gender discrimination in the workplace. when asked to comment on this claim, bill liamor, the spokesperson for the chamber of commerce, clearly stated in a press meet that this was not the case. according to him, manufacturing firms in jambalaya were fair and did not discriminate on the basis of gender.  

which of the following, if true, would weaken the wlf's argument?

a. most industries in jambalaya are capital-intensive.
b. over the past fifty years, the divorce rate in jambalaya has increased and now stands at 48.5%.
c. the government is undertaking a new program to increase the number of women workers who are affiliated with labor unions in jambalaya.
d. recently, a study showed that a large proportion of workers in the informal economy in jambalaya arewomen.
e. most manufacturing firms in jambalaya use the piece-rate system of payment for workers.

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the answer is a. $209,000

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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.