When Inflation Is 2

question 9

Multiple Choice

When inflation is 2%:

• A) All prices in an economy are growing by 2%.
• B) The economy is growing by 2%.
• C) Most incomes are falling by 2%.
• D) The weighted average of prices is growing by 2%.

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Definitions:

α-Carbon

The carbon atom directly attached to a functional group in an organic molecule.

Racemic Mixtures

A mixture containing equal amounts of two enantiomers of a compound, making it optically inactive due to the canceling effect of the two forms' rotation of plane-polarized light.

Achiral

A term describing an object or molecule that is superposable on its mirror image; not chiral.

L-Aspartic Acid

A naturally occurring amino acid found in proteins and important for the biosynthesis of other amino acids and in the citric acid cycle.