If Average Annual Tuition at Public 4-Year Colleges Was $1,908

question 192

Multiple Choice

If average annual tuition at public 4-year colleges was $1,908 in 1990,when the CPI was 130.7,and $8,655 in 2012 when the CPI was 229.6,then the real cost of annual tuition

• A)rose by 158 percent during that period.
• B)rose by 354 percent during that period.
• C)rose by 75.7 percent during that period.
• D)fell by 158 percent during that period.
• E)fell by 354 percent during that period.

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