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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What factor did NOT help to develop media in the US
a) Party Press b) Magazines of opinion c) Social Media d) Motivational Speakers
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A. expressed a desire for greater regulation of assault rifles. B. suggested it might consider legislation to regulate bump stocks but took no actual steps toward doing so. C. proposed a ban on all automatic and semiautomatic assault rifles. D. announced that it would oppose any measure of any kind that might increase regulation of firearms. E. lobbied for legislative regulation of bump stocks.