In a Study Conducted by a Certain Country's Economic Development

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Short Answer

In a study conducted by a certain country's Economic Development Board regarding the income distribution of certain segments of the country's workforce, it was found that the Lorentz curve for the distribution of income of college professors is described by the function
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Compute the coefficient of inequality of the Lorentz curve. Round to two decimal places.
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Definitions:

Amniotic Egg

Egg that contains an amnion and other membranes that surround and protect the developing embryo and keep it moist; the evolution of the amniotic egg was one of the adaptations that allowed animals to become completely terrestrial.

Vertebrates

Animals that possess a backbone or spinal column, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Reptiles

A group of cold-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by scales or scutes, laying shelled eggs, and breathing air, including snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles.

Clade

A group of organisms believed to comprise all the evolutionary descendants of a common ancestor.