-What Is the Amount of the Surplus or Deficit Incurred

question 34

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Year } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Government } \\\text { tax revenues } \\\text { (billions of } \\\text { dollars) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Government } \\\text { expenditures } \\\text { (billions of } \\\text { dollars) }\end{array} \\\hline 1 & 240 & 240 \\\hline 2 & 250 & 245 \\\hline 3 & 260 & 255 \\\hline 4 & 300 & 320 \\\hline 5 & 325 & 340 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-What is the amount of the surplus or deficit incurred in year 5 by the government shown in the above table?

• A) $5 billion surplus
• B) $325 billion surplus
• C) $15 billion deficit
• D) $35 billion surplus

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Definitions:

Smallest Observation

The minimum value recorded in a set of data.

First Quartile

The value below which 25% of the observations fall, marking the lower quarter of the data set.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, dividing the dataset into two halves.

Third Quartile

A statistical term which represents the 75th percentile of a dataset, indicating that 75% of the data points fall below this value.