42. In a working class budget enquiry in towns A and B, it was found in 2014 that an average working class family's expenditure on food and other items was as follows: Town A Town B () Food (i) Other items In 2017, the consumer price index stood at 279 for town A, 265 for town B (Base year 2014 = 100). It was known that the rise in the prices of all articles consumed by the working class was the same for A and B. What was the 2017 index for (a) food, and (b) other items ? 64% 36% 50% 50% %3D
42. In a working class budget enquiry in towns A and B, it was found in 2014 that an average working class family's expenditure on food and other items was as follows: Town A Town B () Food (i) Other items In 2017, the consumer price index stood at 279 for town A, 265 for town B (Base year 2014 = 100). It was known that the rise in the prices of all articles consumed by the working class was the same for A and B. What was the 2017 index for (a) food, and (b) other items ? 64% 36% 50% 50% %3D
Chapter12: Sequences, Series And Binomial Theorem
Section12.3: Geometric Sequences And Series
Problem 12.58TI: What is the total effect on the economy of a government tax rebate of $500 to each household in...
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