When an income tax has a progressive rate structure, _____

a. average tax rates are higher than marginal tax rates
b. marginal tax rates are higher than average tax rates
c. marginal tax rates are constant across all income ranges
d. average and marginal tax rates are equal across all income ranges


b

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