The poverty rate is

a. a measure of income inequality across families.
b. the percentage of the population whose family income falls below a specified level.
c. an absolute level of income set by the federal government for each family size.
d. measured by the number of in-kind transfers that a family receives.

b

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A) $1,425 B) $1,500 C) $3,000 D) $4,500

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If people like their goods in fixed proportions, the two goods are

a. perfect substitutes b. perfect complements c. complements (but not perfect) d. substitutes (but not perfect)

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