$-$$,$ Inc., a high$-$tech company in San Diego, whose stock trades on the NYSE exchange, uses a MARR of $34\%$ per year. If the chief financial officer $($CFO$)$ said the company expects to make a real rate of return of $24\mathrm{.}9\%$ per year on its investments over the next $4-$year period, what is the company expecting the annual inflation rate to be over that time period?

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