Hawk Corporation purchased 10,000 Diamond Corporation bonds in 2015 for $58 per bond and classified the investment as securities available for sale. The value of the Diamond investment was $82 per bond on December 31, 2016, and $106 on December 31, 2017. During 2018, Hawk sold all of its Diamond investment at $144 per bond. In its 2018 income statement, Hawk would report:

$860,000

Explanation:

The computation of total realized is shown below:-

Hawk Corporation accumulated an unrealized gain = ($106 - $58) × 10,000 shares

= $480,000

An additional increase of($144 - $106) × 10,000 shares

= $38 × 10,000

= $380,000

Hawk shall report a total realized gain in income statement = Hawk Corporation accumulated an unrealized gain + An additional increase

= $480,000 + $380,000

= $860,000

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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.