Calculate how these famous athletes from different time periods rank in salary by converting each to (our CPI in 2023 is 304). Athlete's nominal income 1980 82.4 Sugar Ray Leonard $18,000,000 (boxing) Year CPI 1931 2015 15.2 237.0 Babe Ruth $80,000 (baseball) Lionel Messi $73,800,000 (beautiful game) Each athlete's real income (in 2023 S) Rank of earnings in today's $

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Calculate how these famous athletes from different time periods rank in salary by converting each to
today's $ (our CPI in 2023 is 304).
Year CPI
income
1980 82.4 Sugar Ray Leonard
$18,000,000
(boxing)
1931 15.2
2015
Athlete's nominal
237.0
Babe Ruth
$80,000
(baseball)
Lionel Messi
$73,800,000
(beautiful game)
Each athlete's real income (in 2023 $)
Rank of earnings
in today's $
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate how these famous athletes from different time periods rank in salary by converting each to today's $ (our CPI in 2023 is 304). Year CPI income 1980 82.4 Sugar Ray Leonard $18,000,000 (boxing) 1931 15.2 2015 Athlete's nominal 237.0 Babe Ruth $80,000 (baseball) Lionel Messi $73,800,000 (beautiful game) Each athlete's real income (in 2023 $) Rank of earnings in today's $
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Step 1: Define Consumer price index (CPI)

 Consumer Price Index (CPI): refers to the index used to measure inflation in the economy. CPI measures the variation of prices in two given periods. 

C P I equals t subscript 1 over t subscript 0 cross times 100

t1 is the cost of products at the current time

t0 is the cost of products at the base year

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