A Consumer Expenditure Survey in Sparta shows that people buy only juice and cloth. In 2018, the year of the Consumer Expenditure Survey and also the reference base year, the average household spent $18 on juice and $20 on cloth. The table sets out the prices of juice and cloth in 2018 and 2019. Calculate the CPI in 2019 and the inflation rate between 2018 and 2019. The CPI in 2019 is. >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. Prices Juice Cloth 2018 $2 a bottle $5 a yard 2019 $5 a bottle $3 a yard
A Consumer Expenditure Survey in Sparta shows that people buy only juice and cloth. In 2018, the year of the Consumer Expenditure Survey and also the reference base year, the average household spent $18 on juice and $20 on cloth. The table sets out the prices of juice and cloth in 2018 and 2019. Calculate the CPI in 2019 and the inflation rate between 2018 and 2019. The CPI in 2019 is. >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. Prices Juice Cloth 2018 $2 a bottle $5 a yard 2019 $5 a bottle $3 a yard
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![A Consumer Expenditure Survey in Sparta shows that people buy only
juice and cloth.
In 2018, the year of the Consumer Expenditure Survey and also the
reference base year, the average household spent $18 on juice and $20
on cloth.
The table sets out the prices of juice and cloth in 2018 and 2019.
Calculate the CPI in 2019 and the inflation rate between 2018 and 2019.
The CPI in 2019 is
>>> Answer to 1 decimal place.
C
Prices
Juice
Cloth
2018
$2 a bottle
$5 a yard
2019
$5 a bottle
$3 a yard
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Transcribed Image Text:A Consumer Expenditure Survey in Sparta shows that people buy only
juice and cloth.
In 2018, the year of the Consumer Expenditure Survey and also the
reference base year, the average household spent $18 on juice and $20
on cloth.
The table sets out the prices of juice and cloth in 2018 and 2019.
Calculate the CPI in 2019 and the inflation rate between 2018 and 2019.
The CPI in 2019 is
>>> Answer to 1 decimal place.
C
Prices
Juice
Cloth
2018
$2 a bottle
$5 a yard
2019
$5 a bottle
$3 a yard
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