Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Income Distribution in the United

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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question(s) : Income Distribution in the United States

-If you establish that a family is on the low end of the income scale and is thus considered poor, you have come up with a (n) :

• A) means-tested test.
• B) relative income test
• C) absolute income test
• D) nominal income test.

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