Dividing the number of households making over $80,000 by the number of households making less than $20,000 will produce the 80/20 ratio.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

The 80/20 ratio is the amount of income at the 80th percentile divided by the amount of income at the 20th percentile.

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