If everyone earned the same income, the Lorenz curve would be

A) a rectangular hyperbola.
B) a straight line from the origin at a 45-degree angle.
C) the horizontal axis.
D) very bowed from the diagonal.


Answer: B) a straight line from the origin at a 45-degree angle.

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