Which of the following statements about the national debt is true?

a. The debt is the same thing as the deficit.
b. Interest on the debt is a large expenditure item in the federal budget.
c. The Constitution requires that the debt be paid off by the year 2010.
d. The Constitution prohibits the federal government from holding any debt.
e. The federal government completely paid off the national debt in 1999.

b

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Two forms of variance are

A) systematic between-groups variance and nonsystematic within-groups variance. B) systematic within-groups variance and standard variance. C) nonsystematic between-groups variance and systematic within-groups variance. D) nonstandard within-groups variance and standard between-groups variance.

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