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The poorest one-fifth of the U.S. population
 
  a. owns about 2 percent of the total wealth.
  b. has negative net worth.
  c. is the only group that has increased the amount of their wealth.
  d. is continually increasing in size.

Question 2

Over the past few decades what has happened to the distribution of yearly income in the U.S.?
 
  a. Most American households got a smaller percentage of the total income.
  b. The wealthiest one-fifth of the population received a smaller percentage of total income.
  c. Members of the middle class increased the percentage of total income earned.
  d. All of these are true of recent trends in income distribution in the U.S.


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

b

Answer to Question 2

a


APUS57

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Excellent

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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