In Making Decisions About Your Personal Health, It's Helpful to Know

question 40

Multiple Choice

In making decisions about your personal health, it's helpful to know something about biology because

• A) Doctors are less willing to explain to explain things to you if you have no idea what they're talking about.
• B) You will better understand issues related to diet, exercise, diseases, treatments, reproduction, heredity, aging, and death.
• C) You will better understand issues related to diet, exercise, reproduction, aging and death, although science doesn't yet know much about diseases and treatments, so it doesn't help in those areas.
• D) You will be able to find information on the internet much faster.
• E) Actually, since you can't know everything about biology and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, you're better off just trusting your doctor.

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Definitions:

Income

Cash inflow, regularly obtained, as compensation for work or earnings from invested capital.

Average Tax Rate

The average tax rate is the proportion of total taxable income paid in taxes, calculated by dividing the total tax paid by the total income.

Marginal Tax Rate

The rate at which the last dollar of income is taxed.

Lump-Sum Tax Rate

A tax that is a fixed amount, no matter the change in circumstance of the taxed entity. This creates a situation where the tax burden falls more heavily on those with lower income or profit.