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Exhibit 12-1 Income Distribution for Three Countries -Exhibit 12-1 Shows the Percentage of Income Received by Each

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Exhibit 12-1 Income distribution for three countries  Quintile  Country I (%)   Country II (%)   Country III (%)   Poorest 684 Second 12128 Third 151510 Fourth 273030 Richest 403548\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Quintile } & \text { Country I (\%) } & \text { Country II (\%) } & \text { Country III (\%) } \\\hline\text { Poorest } & 6 & 8 & 4 \\\text { Second } & 12 & 12 & 8 \\\text { Third } & 15 & 15 & 10 \\\text { Fourth } & 27 & 30 & 30 \\\text { Richest } & 40 & 35 & 48 \\\hline\end{array}
-Exhibit 12-1 shows the percentage of income received by each population quintile. In Country I we can conclude that the:


A) richest 20 percent of the population received 25 percent of the economy's income.
B) richest 20 percent of the population received 40 percent of the economy's income.
C) richest 20 percent of the population received 80 percent of the economy's income.
D) least-wealthy 20 percent of the population received 40 percent of the economy's income.
E) richest 40 percent of the population received 25 percent of the economy's income.

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