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Zoey63294

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Which of the following is true of the relative definition of poverty?
 
  a. It states that poverty can be eliminated only if the government ensures inequitable distribution of resources.
  b. It states that poverty in the United States has become less chronic.
  c. It identifies the poor as those who are permanently and unwillingly poor.
  d. It states that poverty will always exist irrespective of how affluent the society becomes.

Question 2

The relative definition of poverty states that ________.
 
  a. the poor in the United States are worse off today than they were 55 years ago
  b. the poor in the United States are identified as those who are permanently and unwillingly poor
  c. poverty has become less chronic
  d. poverty has become less dysfunctional



kingfahad97

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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