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Taxes and Income

Updated: September 29 2015,

Author: barreladmin

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Income Distribution

This interactive can be used to review progressive, regressive and proportional taxes. Refer to the Math in the Real World lesson The Mathematics Behind Progressive, Regressive and Proportional Taxes, for more information about using this interactive in your classroom.

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