Sharpen Your Skills: Graphs of Interest on the National Debt Interest on the national

Chapter 15, Problem 39

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Sharpen Your Skills: Graphs of Interest on the National Debt Interest on the national debt is an important part of the federal budget. The amount of this cost depends on the size of the federal debt and the interest rate the government pays on the debt. Use the data in the table to construct three pie graphs showing the part of the federal budget that was devoted to paying interest in 1950, 1980, and 2000. Why did this proportion of the budget first decline and then grow?

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