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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    C = 2.6; C− = 2.17; D = 1.3; F = 0.0; Another policy commonly used by 4.0-scale schools is to mimic the eleven-point weighted scale (see below) by adding a .33 (one-third of a letter grade) to honors or advanced placement class. (For example, a B in a regular class would be a 3.0, but in honors or AP class it would become a B+, or 3.33).

  3. Tax rates in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The quoted income tax rate is, except where noted, the top rate of tax: most jurisdictions have lower rate of taxes for low levels of income. Some countries also have lower rates of corporation tax for smaller companies. In 1980, the top rates of most European countries were above 60%. Today most European countries have rates below 50%. [1]

  4. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    23.6% (for employees earning more than 25,200€ per year in 2024: includes 20% flat income tax + 2% mandatory pension contribution + 1.6% unemployment insurance paid by employee); excluding social security taxes paid by the employer and taxes on dividends: 22% (standard rate) 9% (reduced rate) 20% Taxation in Estonia Eswatini (Swaziland) 27.5% 33%

  5. List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty

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    According to World Bank, "Poverty headcount ratio at a defined value a day is the percentage of the population living on less than that value a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions."

  6. High school dropouts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This theory focuses on the relationship between demographic factors, such as socioeconomic status, gender and ethnicity, and dropout. [6] Boys are much more likely to drop out than girls and dropouts are most likely from a family with a low socioeconomic status. [6] There has been contention over the influence of ethnicity on dropout rates. [6]

  7. Boca Raton, Florida - Wikipedia

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    According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 29.1 sq mi (75.4 km 2), of which 27.2 sq mi (70.4 km 2) of this is land and 1.9 sq mi (5.0 km 2) of it (6.63%) is water. Boca Raton is a " principal city " (as defined by the Census Bureau) of the Miami metropolitan area .

  8. Elections in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese political process has two types of elections.. National elections (国政選挙, kokusei senkyo); Subnational/local elections (地方選挙, chihō senkyo); While the national level features a parliamentary system of government where the head of government is elected indirectly by the legislature, prefectures and municipalities employ a presidential system where chief executives ...

  9. Electric energy consumption - Wikipedia

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    In that year, the industrial sector consumed about 42.2% of the electricity, with the residential sector consuming nearly 26.8%, the commercial and public services sectors consuming about 21.1%, the transport sector consuming nearly 1.8%, and the other sectors (such as agriculture and fishing) consuming nearly 8.1%. [10]