Suppose There Is a System in Which Person a Earns

question 31

Multiple Choice

Suppose there is a system in which Person A earns $10,000 and pays $1,000 in taxes, Person B earns $25,000 and pays $1,000 in taxes, and Person C earns $60,000 and pays $1,000 in taxes.What type of taxation is this?  

• A) progressive 
• B) proportional 
• C) regressive 
• D) transgressive

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Definitions:

Hornfels

A fine-grained, nonfoliated metamorphic rock, typically formed by contact metamorphism of nearly any kind of starting rock.

Igneous Intrusion

The process and resultant feature where magma cuts through pre-existing rock layers, cooling and solidifying underground.

Anticline

A geological feature characterized by a convex fold in rock layers that arches upward, often associated with oil reserves.

Syncline

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