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A one-pound bag of cookies cost 30 cents in 1922. If the CPI in 1922 was 17 and the CPI in 2014 is 230, convert the price of the cookies into 2014 prices.
Group of answer choices
A) $13.52
B) $0.02
C) $11.73
D) $4.06
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