Suppose the members of population A, consisting of Al, Bob, Curt, Doris, and Ellie, receive annual incomes of $5,000, $2,500, $1,250, $750, and $500, respectively. The members of population B, consisting of Fred, George, Holly, Irma, and Joan, receive incomes of $4,000, $3,000, $1,250, $950, and $800, respectively. We
A) can say that the income of population B is less equally distributed than that of population A.
B) can say that the income of population B is more equally distributed than that of population A.
C) cannot make a meaningful comparison of the income distributions of populations A and B.
D) can say that the poorest quintile of population B receives 12 percent of total income.
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