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

-Economists define discrimination as occurring when:

• A) one person receives a lower income for doing an apparently similar job as another.
• B) people with similar characteristics experience different economic outcomes because of sex, race, or other noneconomic characteristics.
• C) a male professor receives a higher salary than a female professor.
• D) people don't like others because of their sex or race.

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Oxidation Number

A number assigned to an element in chemical combination which represents the number of electrons lost or gained by an atom of that element in the compound.

Compound

A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements chemically bonded together.

Oxidation Number

A number that represents the total number of electrons an atom either gains or loses in order to form a chemical bond with another atom.

Ca

Chemical symbol for Calcium, a reactive, soft metallic element that is a member of the alkaline earth metals.