Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 60

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
-The effective dividend tax rate in 1999 is closest to:

• A)0%.
• B)20%.
• C)25%.
• D)30%.

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Definitions:

Mound-Shaped

A description of a graph of a dataset that has a symmetrical bell-shaped appearance, reflecting a normal distribution.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of variability or spread within a dataset, reflecting the extent to which the data points diverge from the average value.

Variance

An index of variability in a set of data, established by taking the average squared deviation from the mean.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A theorem that states for any real numbers k > 1, at least (1-1/k^2) of the data values fall within k standard deviations of the mean for any distribution.