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Think about either differences or ratios.

What are the differences in men's and women's salaries from year to year?

Compare women's salaries to men's salaries by making a fraction. What are the differences between men's and women's salaries over the entire time from 1991 to 1997? How do the fractions change?

Think about percent increase as well as the difference in dollars.

 
 
 
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