From the Time of Benjamin Franklin to the Present, the Percentage

question 148

Multiple Choice

From the time of Benjamin Franklin to the present, the percentage of the average American's income that goes to pay taxes has

• A)decreased from about 20 percent to about 10 percent.
• B)remained constant at about 10 percent.
• C)has risen from less than 2 percent to about 33.3 percent.
• D)has risen from less than 5 percent to about 25 percent.

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Set of Data

A collection of data points or values that have been gathered to provide information for analysis.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half of the dataset.

Mean

The calculation of the arithmetic average involves adding up all the values in a series and dividing the total by the quantity of numbers.

Rounded

The process of approximating a number to a specified degree of precision, often to the nearest whole number.