A loaf of bread costs $3.00 today. The same size loaf cost 20 cents in 1955. 1. What percentage of today's price did someone in 1955 pay for bread? 2. A job pays $10.00 an hour today. If the same percentage applies to income as well, how much would that job have paid in 1955?

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A loaf of bread costs $3.00 today. The same size loaf cost 20 cents in 1955.
1. What percentage of today's price did someone in 1955 pay for bread?
2. A job pays $10.00 an hour today. If the same percentage applies to income as well,
how much would that job have paid in 1955?
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