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Sufayan.ah

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About what percentage of annual income is received by the richest 5 percent of American families?
 
  a. 10 percent
  b. 20 percent
  c. 30 percent
  d. 40 percent

Question 2

Why do social scientists use wealth as the primary indicator of class status in the United States?
 
  a. Wealth is relatively easy to measure.
  b. Wealth can be used to gain access to political power.
  c. Wealth generally correlates with the ownership of productive resources.
  d. All of these are reasons for relying on wealth as an indicator of class.


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aprice35067

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d


Sufayan.ah

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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