The Price of a Box of Chalk Has Increased from $.89

question 41

Multiple Choice

The price of a box of chalk has increased from $.89 to $1.39 over a ten-year period. What index number would represent the change in price over the ten-year period?

• A) 150.0
• B) 156.2
• C) 136.0
• D) 142.0
• E) 148.2

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Definitions:

Displacement Behavior

A psychological phenomenon where an individual redirects their impulse from an unattainable or threatening target to a safer or more acceptable one.

Equally Strong Motives

The psychological concept referring to instances where an individual is simultaneously driven by two or more motives that are of similar strength but potentially conflict with each other.

Inhibiting

The action or process of hindering or restraining the function or activity of something.

Successive Ambivalent Behavior

A series of actions characterized by mixed feelings or contradictory attitudes towards something or someone.