Table 24-1 The Table Below Shows the Prices of Baseballs and Baseball

question 90

Multiple Choice

Table 24-1
The table below shows the prices of baseballs and baseball bats for three years.Assume the typical consumer's basket consists of 6 baseballs and 2 baseball bats.

-Refer to Table 24-1.If 2010 is the base year,then the consumer price index was

• A) 77.40 in 2008,85.16 in 2009,and 100.00 in 2010.
• B) 50.50 in 2008,67.50 in 2009,and 100.00 in 2010.
• C) 90.88 in 2008,85.16 in 2009,and 100.00 in 2010.
• D) 169.50 in 2008,186.50 in 2009,and 219.00 in 2010.

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