Loose Leaf for Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781260152647
Author: Douglas A. Lind
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 54CE
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Find the purchasing power of the dollar in 2016 using 1982–84 as the base period.
b.
To determine
Find the real monthly income in 2016.
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Loose Leaf for Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics
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