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read this excerpt from a passage. \imagine a classroom of 20 children, ready for learning. in this class, 12 of them - over half - are considered low - income or poor. of the 72 million children in the united states, more than 45 million of them are growing up in low - income or poor families. that is 64 percent of children in the richest country in the world living just above or under the poverty line (jiang et al. 1). there are many causes to poverty, but none as inextricably linked as education. in fact, poverty and lack of education are connected in a continuing, ever - worsening cycle. in fact, poverty is both a cause and an effect of lack of education.\ which of the sources from these works cited entries contains the statistics listed in the excerpt? employment projections, united states bureau of labor statistics, 24 oct. 2017. https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm jiang, yang, et al. \basic facts about low - income children, children under 18 years, 2015.\ national center for children in poverty, jan. 2017. http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_1170.pdf chapman, chris, et al. \trends in high school dropout and completion rates in the united states: 1972 - 2009.\ national center for education statistics, 11 oct. 2011. https://www.nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012006.pdf \school vouchers,\ national conference of state legislatures, 1 dec. 2016. https://www.ncsl.org/research/education/school - choice - vouchers.aspx

Explanation:

The question asks to identify which of the given sources cited in the excerpt contains the listed statistics. By looking at the content and context of the excerpt which is about poverty, lack of education and related statistics in the US, we need to match it with the source.

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Jiang, Yang, et al. "Basic Facts About Low - income Children, Children Under 18 Years, 2015." National Center for Children in Poverty, Jan. 2017. http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_1170.pdf