What is the total income received by the top quintile of this income distribution?

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A group of 10 old college friends have the following annual incomes:
Income
$32, 000
$12, 000
$56, 000
$120, 000
$10, 000
$38, 000
$70, 000
$16, 000
$20, 000
$24, 000
What is the total income received by the top quintile of this income
distribution?
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Transcribed Image Text:A group of 10 old college friends have the following annual incomes: Income $32, 000 $12, 000 $56, 000 $120, 000 $10, 000 $38, 000 $70, 000 $16, 000 $20, 000 $24, 000 What is the total income received by the top quintile of this income distribution? Provide your answer below:
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The top quintiles of the income distribution can be calculated by following these steps

The first step is to arrange the data in ascending order.

The second step is to divide the newly arranged data into five quintiles. Since there are 10 observations, each quintile will consist of two values.

The third is, to sum up, each quintile.

And the value of the top quintile will be the income received by the top quintile of this income distribution.

 

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