Question

Last year you paid $24 for a round of golf and $12 to rent a golf cart. this year it cost you $30 to golf and $15 to rent a cart. based on this simple basket of goods, calculate a price index for this year using last year as the base year. click or tap the numbers or use your keyboard to type. if you're not sure, just take a guess. 0123456789.

Answer 1

The base price, which in this case is taken to be the price from last year. Adding up the prices,
       T = $24 + $12 = $36

This year, the total cost, C, is,
      C = $30 + $15 = $45

The consumer price index is calculated through the equation,

     Price Index = (Current Price / Base Period Price) x 100
 
Substituting,
    
    Price Index = ($45 / $36) x 100 = 125

ANSWER: 125