Use the following to answer question(s): Income Distribution in the United States

-In the United States in the 1990s, and 2000s, the gap between the wages of college- and high-school-trained workers _______ and contributed to _______ .
A) narrowed; rising equality
B) widened; rising inequality
C) narrowed; decreasing inequality
D) widened; rising equality

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Use the following to answer question(s): Income Distribution in the United States
 
-In the United States in the 1990s, and 2000s, the gap between the wages of college- and high-school-trained workers _______ and contributed to _______ .
A) narrowed; rising equality 
B) widened; rising inequality 
C) narrowed; decreasing inequality 
D) widened; rising equality

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The sentence states that the gap between the wages of college- and high-school-trained workers widened and contributed to rising inequality.

Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Income Distribution in the United