Table 24-1 -Refer to Table 24-1.Suppose the Typical Consumer Basket Consists of Consumer

question 77

Multiple Choice

Table 24-1

-Refer to Table 24-1.Suppose the typical consumer basket consists of 10 bushels of peaches and 15 bushels of pecans.Using 2005 as the base year,what was the inflation rate in 2006?

• A)20 percent
• B)16.7 percent
• C)10 percent
• D)8 percent

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