What is a country's median income? How is this different from the country's mean income?
What will be an ideal response?
Median income is the amount that divides income distribution into two equal
groups: half of the country earns an income above the median, and half earns below
that amount. In contrast, the "mean" income is the average or the sum of everyone's
income, divided by the number of people in the population. Median and mean incomes
can differ substantially within a country, depending on the degree of economic
inequality. For example, if a country contains a high percentage of unemployed people
and a handful of billionaires like Bill Gates, then median income will be much lower than
mean income, because the billionaires "bring up the average." Median income is equal
to mean income only when everyone makes exactly the same amount of money.
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a. there is potential for conflict in the executive branch b. there are fewer candidates in elections and elections are less expensive c. the governor has greater influence in the legislature d. the governor of Texas is stronger than the governor of most other states
The framers' most significant modification of the traditional doctrine of the separation of powers was to
A. define legislative power precisely, while defining executive and judicial power only in general terms. B. grant the power of judicial review to the judiciary. C. include federalism. D. ensure that the powers of the separate branches overlap, so that each could better act as a check on the others. E. include a two-chamber legislature.