If You Currently Make $25,000 a Year and the CPI

question 60

True/False

If you currently make $25,000 a year and the CPI rises from 110 today to 150 in five years, then you need to be making $35,000 to have kept pace with consumer price inflation.

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Definitions:

Hunger

A sensation caused by a lack of food, leading to the desire to eat.

Positive Energy Balance

A state in which calorie intake exceeds calorie expenditure, resulting in weight gain.

Calories

Units of energy that measure the amount of energy supplied by food and beverages and the amount expended by the body in activities.

Aerobic Exercise

A form of physical activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously, and is rhythmic in nature, aimed at improving oxygen consumption by the body.