A certain beverage company provides a complete line of beer, wine, and soft drink products for distribution through retail outlets in central lowa. Unit price data for 2011 and 2014 and quantities sold in cases for 2011 follow. Use 2011 as the base period. Unit Price ($) Item 2011 Quantity (cases) 2011 2014 Beer 35,000 19.50 20.15 Wine 5,000 100.00 119,00 Soft drink 60,000 8.00 8.80 Compute the price relatives for this company's products. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) Item Price Relative Beer Wine Soft drink Use a weighted average of price relatives to show that this method provides the same index as the weighted aggregate method. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.) weighted average of price relatives index weighted aggregate price index
A certain beverage company provides a complete line of beer, wine, and soft drink products for distribution through retail outlets in central lowa. Unit price data for 2011 and 2014 and quantities sold in cases for 2011 follow. Use 2011 as the base period. Unit Price ($) Item 2011 Quantity (cases) 2011 2014 Beer 35,000 19.50 20.15 Wine 5,000 100.00 119,00 Soft drink 60,000 8.00 8.80 Compute the price relatives for this company's products. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) Item Price Relative Beer Wine Soft drink Use a weighted average of price relatives to show that this method provides the same index as the weighted aggregate method. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.) weighted average of price relatives index weighted aggregate price index
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![A certain beverage company provides a complete line of beer, wine, and soft drink products for distribution through retail outlets in central lowa. Unit price data for 2011 and
2014 and quantities sold in cases for 2011 follow. Use 2011 as the base period.
Unit Price ($)
Item
2011 Quantity
(cases)
2011
2014
Beer
35,000
19.50
20.15
Wine
5,000
100.00
119,00
Soft drink
60,000
8.00
8.80
Compute the price relatives for this company's products. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
Item Price Relative
Beer
Wine
Soft drink
Use a weighted average of price relatives to show that this method provides the same index as the weighted aggregate method. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)
weighted average of price relatives index
weighted aggregate price index](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Febc8ac19-66c7-4532-a205-006069a7a78c%2F46a5415c-4871-429a-983f-d824f662bf7b%2Fd1mre1k_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A certain beverage company provides a complete line of beer, wine, and soft drink products for distribution through retail outlets in central lowa. Unit price data for 2011 and
2014 and quantities sold in cases for 2011 follow. Use 2011 as the base period.
Unit Price ($)
Item
2011 Quantity
(cases)
2011
2014
Beer
35,000
19.50
20.15
Wine
5,000
100.00
119,00
Soft drink
60,000
8.00
8.80
Compute the price relatives for this company's products. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
Item Price Relative
Beer
Wine
Soft drink
Use a weighted average of price relatives to show that this method provides the same index as the weighted aggregate method. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)
weighted average of price relatives index
weighted aggregate price index
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