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6.9 Exercise 17

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  1. The poverty guideline for a single person living in Arkansas, is $12,000. If Harriet is a single person in Arkansas with a (adjusted) gross income of $23,500, what is her discretionary income?
  2. For California, the poverty guideline for a person with four people in the household is $27,750. If such a person has a (adjusted) gross income of $48,600, what is their discretionary income?

OpenStax Contemporary Mathematics, 6.9 Understanding Student Loans, exercise 17

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