Suppose the Consumer Price Index in 2016 is 124.3, with 2002 as the base year. (a) What

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Suppose the Consumer Price Index in 2016 is 124.3, with 2002 as the base year.
(a) What is the purchasing power of the dollar in 2016 compared to 2002?
(b) What is the real income, relative to 2002, of a wage earner whose income amounted to $62 900 in 2016?
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

ISBN: 978-0134141084

11th edition

Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, Ali R. Hassanlou, K. Suzanne Coombs

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