Problem Use the following data for 2019 to answer the question: Prices That Rose Health insurance Gasoline Lettuce Cigarettes Hot dogs College tuition Bananas (%) Prices That Fell +20.5 Televisions +12.8 +7.6 Oranges +5.9 Apples +4.2 Eggs. +1.9. Peanut butter College textbooks. +0.6 Coffee Average Inflation Rate: +2.3% (%) -20.8 -6.0 -5.5 -4.8 -4.6 -3.1 -1.4

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Use the following data for 2019 to answer the question:
(%) Prices That Fell
+20.5
Televisions
+12.8
Peanut butter
+7.6 Oranges
+5.9
Apples
+4.2 Eggs
+1.9 College textbooks
+0.6 Coffee
Average Inflation Rate: +2.3%
Prices That Rose
Health insurance
Gasoline
Lettuce
Cigarettes
Hot dogs
College tuition.
Bananas
(%)
-20.8
-6.0
-5.5
-4.8
-4.6
-3.1
-1.4
Instructions: Round your response to one decimal place. If you are entering a negative number be sure to in
in front of that number.
By how much did the change in the price of televisions differ from the 2019 average rate of inflation?
The price of televisions fell
and it differed from the 2019 rate of inflation by
-18.5 %.
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 07-02 (Algo) Use the following data for 2019 to answer the question: (%) Prices That Fell +20.5 Televisions +12.8 Peanut butter +7.6 Oranges +5.9 Apples +4.2 Eggs +1.9 College textbooks +0.6 Coffee Average Inflation Rate: +2.3% Prices That Rose Health insurance Gasoline Lettuce Cigarettes Hot dogs College tuition. Bananas (%) -20.8 -6.0 -5.5 -4.8 -4.6 -3.1 -1.4 Instructions: Round your response to one decimal place. If you are entering a negative number be sure to in in front of that number. By how much did the change in the price of televisions differ from the 2019 average rate of inflation? The price of televisions fell and it differed from the 2019 rate of inflation by -18.5 %.
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