Table 23-1 A Country Produces Only Ice Cream and Pie.Quantities and Prices

question 41

Multiple Choice

Table 23-1
A country produces only ice cream and pie.Quantities and prices of these goods for the last several years are shown below.The base year is 2008.
Prices and Quantities

-Refer to Table 23-1.This country's inflation rate from 2009 to 2010 to the nearest tenth was

• A) 2.9%
• B) 8.8%
• C) 13.3%
• D) None of the above is correct.

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