Question

income distribution

1. the government determined that a household making $23,250 or below was

considered poverty - stricken. looking at the pie chart, what might be said about
a. the percentage of people who were poverty - stricken was 11.3%.
b. the percentage of people who were poverty - stricken was 13.1%.
c. that statistic cannot be determined from the pie chart alone.
d. that 11.3% of the population were poverty - stricken, but it is above 13.1% of
those earning below the poverty - stricken.

1. which of the following is not true regarding the pie chart above?

a. that the united states has the largest per capita income in the world.
b. that approximately 75% of the u.s. households make over $72,000.
c. that the u.s. has a small percentage of those who are in fifth quintile.
d. that over 25% of those households (orange, green, and purple) are in the
bottom three quintiles and in 2015, those households looked at a 0% increase in
income.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the pie - chart

The pie - chart shows the income distribution. We need to find the percentage of people in poverty.

Step2: Identify the relevant section

Looking at the pie - chart, the section representing poverty (the smallest slice) is \(11.3\%\).

Answer:

B. The percentage of people who were considered poverty - stricken by looking at the pie chart was \(11.3\%\)