Given the following data : 1996 1997 1998 Year : Weekly take home Pay (Rs.): Consumer Price index : 1992 1993 1994 1995 105 110 115 125 135 140 145 113 118 127 138 144 150 160 (i) What was the real average of weekly pay for each year ? (ii) In which year did the employee have the greatest buying power ? (iii) What percentage increase in the weekly pay for the year 1998 is require (if any) to compensate him with the purchasing power in the year his highest real pay ?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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Given the following data :
Year:
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Weekly take home
Pay (Rs.):
105
110
115
125
135
140
145
Consumer
Price index :
113
118
127
138
144
150
160
(i) What was the real average of weekly pay for each
(ii) In which year did the employee have the greatest buying power ?
(iii) What percentage increase in the weekly pay for the year 1998 is require
(if any) to compensate him with the purchasing power in the yearda
his highest real pay ?
year
Transcribed Image Text:Given the following data : Year: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Weekly take home Pay (Rs.): 105 110 115 125 135 140 145 Consumer Price index : 113 118 127 138 144 150 160 (i) What was the real average of weekly pay for each (ii) In which year did the employee have the greatest buying power ? (iii) What percentage increase in the weekly pay for the year 1998 is require (if any) to compensate him with the purchasing power in the yearda his highest real pay ? year
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