The Take-Home Pay of an Employee Working in an Urban

question 41

Multiple Choice

The take-home pay of an employee working in an urban area for 1993 and 2007 are as follows. If the CPI rose from 159 in 1993 to 210 in 2007 (1982-84 = 100) ,what was the "real" take-home pay of the employee in 2007?

• A)$5,000
• B)$15,000
• C)$113,200
• D)$53,904

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