Assume you have the following income distribution data for the residents of Disn

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Assume you have the following income distribution data for the residents of Disneyland: Pluto $15,000 Donald Duck $20,000 Ticket Taker $5,000 Minnie Mouse $25,000 Mickey Mouse $35,000 1. The percentage of Disneyland income held by the lowest quintile is 15%. True or false, and why? 2. Assume that a perfectly equal distribution of income exists in Disneyland. Which of the current residents would have the same income as in the present distribution? 3. Now assume that Mickey Mouse becomes a meanspirited authoritarian dictator. His income is $99,996. Each of the other characters receives $1. Describe what this income distribution would look like on a Lorenz curve. 4. What is the U.S. Government's definition of poverty? 5. List and briefly explain two advantages and two disadvantages of a more equal distribution of income.

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true because it would be

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