In Questions Make the Assumption That the Change in Housing

question 80

Multiple Choice

In Questions make the assumption that the change in housing prices exactly matches the change in the CPI. In fact, housing is only part of the CPI, and figures into the CPI through rents rather than sale prices, so this assumption may be far from correct.
-Kim sold a house in 1993 for twice the amount that he paid for it. When did he purchase the house? (Use Table 21.5.)

• A) 1973
• B) 1977
• C) 1979
• D) 1980

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Definitions:

Atactic

Refers to polymers where the configuration of chiral centers is random.

Highly Branched

Refers to a molecule or polymer with numerous branches or side chains, significantly affecting its physical and chemical properties.

Amorphous

Lacking a definite shape or form; in materials science, referring to a solid that does not possess the long-range order characteristic of crystals.

Isotactic

A polymer configuration where all substituents are on the same side of the polymer chain.