Papayas Price (2015, base Quantity (2015, year) base year) $12 Watermelon $24 3.74% 1.95% 2.27% 1.24% 1600 400 Price (2019) $26 $18 Quantity (2019) 1300 1200 Consider the table above. Assume that there are only two goods produced in this economy: Papayas and watermelon. If the GDP deflator for 2018 was 122 then the rate of inflation between 2018 and 2019 was:

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Papayas
Price (2015, base Quantity (2015,
year)
base year)
$12
Watermelon $24
3.74%
1.95%
2.27%
1.24%
1600
400
Price
(2019)
$26
$18
Quantity
(2019)
1300
1200
Consider the table above. Assume that there are only two goods produced in this
economy: Papayas and watermelon. If the GDP deflator for 2018 was 122 then the
rate of inflation between 2018 and 2019 was:
Transcribed Image Text:Papayas Price (2015, base Quantity (2015, year) base year) $12 Watermelon $24 3.74% 1.95% 2.27% 1.24% 1600 400 Price (2019) $26 $18 Quantity (2019) 1300 1200 Consider the table above. Assume that there are only two goods produced in this economy: Papayas and watermelon. If the GDP deflator for 2018 was 122 then the rate of inflation between 2018 and 2019 was:
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