The below table shows the distribution of income in two imaginary countries, Alpha and Beta.

Household percentage	Percent of income Alpha	Percent of income Beta
Lowest 20 percent	5	2
Second 20 percent	10	7
Third 20 percent	22	12
Fourth 20 percent	30	22
Highest 20 percent	33	57

 The above table shows the distribution of income in two imaginary countries, Alpha and Beta.

a. In country Alpha how much income is shared by the bottom 60% of the population? In country Beta how much income is shared by the bottom 60% of the population?

b. Which country would it be hardest to get by if you were in the lowest 20%?

 

c. Which column of data is most similar to the income distribution in the United States?