Based on the table demonstrating three tax systems, with these tax rates, which system(s) would bring in the lowest total revenue?



a. progressive

b. proportional

c. regressive

d. both regressive and proportional


c. regressive

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A. the change in saving divided by the change in disposable income. B. the change in disposable income divided by the change in saving. C. saving divided by disposable income. D. disposable income divided by saving.

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