If You Earned $10-An-Hour in 2005 When the CPI Was

question 143

Multiple Choice

If you earned $10-an-hour in 2005 when the CPI was 100, and you earn $11-an-hour today when the CPI is 120, then your real wage rate has _____ since 2005.

• A) increased 20%
• B) remained the same
• C) decreased
• D) increased 10%

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Definitions:

Accounts Payable

Obligations or debts owed by a company to its suppliers or creditors for goods and services received.

Sales

Income earned from the sale of products or services over a defined time frame.

Direct Method

A cost allocation technique used in cost accounting that assigns all service department costs directly to producing departments without considering any services rendered between service departments.

Accounts Receivable

Debts to a company from its customers for products or services already delivered, yet payment is pending.