Suppose a particular box of macaroni and cheese cost $0.26 in 1983. What was its price in 2005 dollars? Assume that all prices have risen at the same rate as the CPI.
Suppose a particular box of macaroni and cheese cost $0.26 in 1983. What was its price in 2005 dollars? Assume that all prices have risen at the same rate as the CPI.
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose a particular box of macaroni and cheese cost $0.26
in 1983. What was its price in 2005 dollars? Assume that all
prices have risen at the same rate as the CPI.
How much would it cost?
$
(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
Average Annual
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(1982-1984 = 100)
Year
CPI
Year
CPI
Year
CPI
1981
90.9
1995 152.4 2009
214.5
1982 96.5
1996
156.9 2010
218.1
1983
99.6
1997
160.5 2011 224.9
1984 103.9
2012
229.6
1998 163.0
1999 166.6 2013
1985 107.6
233.0
1986
109.6
2000 172.2 2014
236.7
1987
113.6
2001 177.1
2015
237.0
118.3 2002 179.9
2016
240.0
2017
245.1
188.9
2018
251.1
1988
1989 124.0 2003 184.0
1990 130.7 2004
1991 136.2 2005
1992 140.3 2006 201.6 2020
1993 144.5 2007 207.3
1994
148.2 2008 215.3
195.3 2019
255.7
258.8
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