Define each of the following terms: (a) Contraction
(b) Business cycle
(c) Trough
(d) Disposable income
(e) Net domestic product

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Explanation:

Contraction: Contraction, is a phase of the business cycle that simply occurs gene there's decline in the economy. At this phase, the demand for goods and services reduces and there's decline in growth.

Business cycle: The business cycle shows the movement of the GDP which can either be upward or downward. It shows how the economy's doing.

Trough: The trough is a phase in the business cycle whereby the gross domestic product for a particular economy has stopped reducing and the economy has started to rise.

Disposable income: This is the income that is left with an individual after personal income tax has been removed from the personal income of such individual.

Net domestic product: Net domestic product is when depreciation is subtracted from the gross domestic product.

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.