Use the following table. CPI represents consumer price index. (a) Calculate r. (b) If 2008 is subtracted

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Use the following table. CPI represents consumer price index.

2010 2011 2012 215.3 214.5 218.1 224.9 229.6 233.0 2013 2008 Year 2009 CPI

(a) Calculate r. 

(b) If 2008 is subtracted from each year, the table obtained becomes:

3 Year 5 CPI 215.3 214.5 218.1 224.9 229.6 233.0

If r is calculated from these values, how will it compare with the r determined in part (a)?Explain. 

(c) Calculate r from the values in part (b) and compare the results with the value of r found in part (a). Are they the same? If not, explain why.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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