Your Dog Milo Has Learned to Salivate at the Sight

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Essay

Your dog Milo has learned to salivate at the sight of a bright blue food dish that says MILO. What phenomenon will be likely to occur if Milo catches sight of your brand-new, blue plastic cereal dish (which doesn't say MILO)? Assuming that you never give Milo food out of your cereal dish, what will eventually happen?

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Average Tax Rate

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The rate at which the last dollar of a taxpayer's income is taxed by the federal government.

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