In an economy where the poorest quintile of the population receives 5 percent of the income, the Lorenz curve at the quintile
A) is the diagonal
B) registers 5 percent of the income
C) lies above the diagonal
D) registers 95 percent of the income
E) of the richest quintile must be 95 percent of the income
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