Suppose You Received a 3 Percent Increase in Your Nominal

question 92

Multiple Choice

Suppose you received a 3 percent increase in your nominal wage. Over the year, inflation ran about 6 percent. Which of the following is true?

• A) Your real wage fell.
• B) Your nominal wage fell.
• C) Both your nominal and real wages decreased.
• D) Although your nominal wage fell, your real wage increased.
• E) Both nominal and real wages increased.

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Definitions:

Large Veins

Large veins are blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood toward the heart, excluding the pulmonary and umbilical veins.

Systemic Circuit

The part of the cardiovascular system that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Pulmonary Circuit

The part of the circulatory system that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.

Arteries

Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the body.