Wealth Distribution Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) observed that most of the wealth of a country is owned by a few mem- bers of the population. Pareto's Principle is log P = log c - k log W %3D where W is the wealth level (how much money a person has) and P is the number of people in the population having that much money. (a) Solve the equation for P. (b) Assume that k = 2.1 andc= 8000, and that W is mea- sured in millions of dollars. Use part (a) to find the num- ber of people who have $2 million or more. How many people have $10 million or more?

Wealth Distribution Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) observed that most of the wealth of a country is owned by a few mem- bers of the population. Pareto's Principle is log P = log c - k log W %3D where W is the wealth level (how much money a person has) and P is the number of people in the population having that much money. (a) Solve the equation for P. (b) Assume that k = 2.1 andc= 8000, and that W is mea- sured in millions of dollars. Use part (a) to find the num- ber of people who have $2 million or more. How many people have $10 million or more?

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