Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 178

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Economic growth is the direct cause of declining poverty.
• B) Economic growth is the direct cause of declining inequality.
• C) Growth in unemployment is the direct cause of declining poverty.
• D) There are some countries for which growth and poverty have both increased.

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Definitions:

Soccer Team

A group of players who come together to participate in competitive soccer matches.

Outcome

The result of a single trial or realization of an experiment or random event.

P(A ∪ B)

The chance that either event A or event B, or both, will happen.

P(B | A)

The probability of event B occurring given that event A has already occurred, representing a conditional probability.