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This graph shows the division of wealth in the United States in 2010.

A bar graph is titled Division of Wealth in the United notes in 2010. The x-axis contains top 1 percent, next 19 percent, and bottom 80 percent. The y-axis shows the percentage from 0 to 60 percent in increments of 10. The top 1 percent is 35 percent, the next 19 percent is 53 percent, and the bottom 80 percent is 11 percent.

Based on this graph, how much wealth did the top 20 percent of the population hold?

about 35 percent
about 55 percent
about 80 percent
about 90 percent

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
About 90 percent.

Reason: the top 20% = top 1% (35%) + next 19% (53%) = 88%, which is approximately 90%.