Question

order the following states according to which state receives the most federal spending per dollar of federal taxes to which state receives the least federal spending per dollar of federal taxes.

start by choosing the first item in the sequence and clicking, dragging, or using your keyboard to select it.

drag the items below into the box above in the correct order, starting with the first item in the sequence.

california
missouri
iowa
virginia

Explanation:

Analyze the map legend and categories

The map displays "Federal spending per tax dollar" categorized into four color-coded ranges:

• Dark Purple / Blue-Purple: Highest spending per tax dollar (\(\ge \$2.01\) or more)
• Medium Purple: High spending (\(\$1.51\) to \(\$2.00\))
• Dark Green: Moderate spending (\(\$1.01\) to \(\$1.50\))
• Light Green / Yellow-Green: Lowest spending (\(\$1.00\) or less)

Identify the category for each given state

• Virginia (VA): Colored dark purple, indicating the highest category (\(\ge \$2.01\) or more).
• Missouri (MO): Colored medium purple, indicating the second-highest category (\(\$1.51\) to \(\$2.00\)).
• Iowa (IA): Colored dark green, indicating the third category (\(\$1.01\) to \(\$1.50\)).
• California (CA): Colored light green / yellow-green, indicating the lowest category (\(\$1.00\) or less).

Order the states from most to least spending

Comparing the categories:

$$ \text{Virginia } (\ge \$2.01) > \text{Missouri } (\$1.51 - \$2.00) > \text{Iowa } (\$1.01 - \$1.50) > \text{California } (\le \$1.00) $$

Answer:

1. Virginia
2. Missouri
3. Iowa
4. California