For Gundy Company, units to be produced are 5,210 in quarter 1 and 6,500 in quarter 2. It takes 1.5 hours to make a finished unit, and the expected hourly wage rate is $15 per hour. Prepare a direct labor budget by quarters for the 6 months ending June 30, 2020.

Answer and Explanation:

The preparation of the direct labor budget by quarters is presented below:

                                       GUNDY COMPANY

                      Direct Labor Budget, June 30, 2020

                     For the Six Months Ending June 30, 2020

Particulars        Quarter 1          Quarter 2           Six months

Units

produced           5,210                 6,500          

Multiply

Direct labor

time per unit       1.5 hours         1.5 hours

Total

required direct

labors                   7,815             9,750

Multiply Hourly

wage rate             $15                 $15

Total direct

labor cost           $117,225        $146,250         $263,475

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. 

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