A Factory Worker Earned $10 an Hour in 1985,when the Consumer

question 34

Multiple Choice

A factory worker earned $10 an hour in 1985,when the consumer price index (CPI) was 63.0.The same factory worker was earning $15 an hour in 1990,when the CPI was 78.4.From 1985 to 1990,the factory worker's hourly real wage

• A) increased from $6.30 to $11.76.
• B) increased from $15.87 to $19.13.
• C) remained constant.
• D) increased from $10 to $15.
• E) decreased from $15 to $10.

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