-The Tables Above Give the Purchases of a Typical Consumer

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$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline { \text { Item } } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Quantity } \\( 2010 )\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Price } \\( 2010 )\end{array} \\\hline \text { Meals } & 100 & \$ 10.00 \\\hline \text { Parking } & 50 & \$ 100.00 \\\hline\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline { \text { Item } } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Quantity } \\( 2011 )\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Price } \\( 2011 )\end{array} \\\hline \text { Meals } & 100 & \$ 12.00 \\\hline \text { Parking } & 50 & \$ 97.50 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-The tables above give the purchases of a typical consumer in a country comprised of one large city. These consumers purchase only restaurant meals and parking. The year 2010 is the reference base period.
a) Find the total cost of the CPI basket for 2010 and 2011.
b) What is the CPI in 2010 and in 2011?
c) What is the inflation rate between 2010 and 2011?

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Definitions:

Probability Distribution

The function that describes the likelihood of obtaining the possible values that a random variable can take.

Likelihood of Occurrence

Likelihood of occurrence refers to the probability that a given event will happen, often used in statistics to estimate outcomes.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic that describes a statistical population; it's a fixed value, though often unknown.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on a large number of samples or simulations.