Problem

A small startup has five employees with annual salaries of 30,000,40,000, 50,000,60,000 and $70,000. Use the Gini Index to measure the income inequality among the employees.

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Step 5: Finally, the Gini Index is given by G=AA+B or equivalently G=12BA+B.

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Step 1 :Step 1: First, we need to calculate the average income. It is given by the formula x¯=i=1nxin, where xi are the incomes and n is the number of employees.

Step 2 :Step 2: Next, we calculate the cumulative incomes and cumulative percentages of both incomes and population.

Step 3 :Step 3: Then, we calculate the area A between the line of perfect equality (a diagonal) and the Lorenz curve (the actual distribution).

Step 4 :Step 4: We also calculate the area B under the Lorenz curve.

Step 5 :Step 5: Finally, the Gini Index is given by G=AA+B or equivalently G=12BA+B.

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