In Happy Claptown, there are only 3 goods: Burgers, Patties, and Pizza. The following table shows the prices and quantities produced of these goods in 1990, 2000, and 2010: 199019902000200020102010 PriceQuantityPriceQuantityPriceQuantityBurgers2.005001.006001.10690Patties7.0030010.0020010.50110Pizza0.703004.002000.75420 Now suppose that a new market bundle is defined; the "market bundle" is now 6 burgers, 2 patties, and 4 pizzas. Compute the CPI for the three years, using this "market bundle" and using 1990 as the base year.

1990 2000 2010 Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity Burgers 2 500 1 600 1.1 690…

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In Happy Claptown, there are only 3 goods: Burgers, Patties, and Pizza. The following table shows the prices and quantities produced of these goods in 1990, 2000, and 2010:

	1990	1990	2000	2000	2010	2010
	Price	Quantity	Price	Quantity	Price	Quantity
Burgers	2.00	500	1.00	600	1.10	690
Patties	7.00	300	10.00	200	10.50	110
Pizza	0.70	300	4.00	200	0.75	420

Now suppose that a new market bundle is defined; the "market bundle" is now 6 burgers, 2 patties, and 4 pizzas. Compute the CPI for the three years, using this "market bundle" and using 1990 as the base year.

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