Question

During a presidential campaign, the incumbent argues that he should be reelected because nominal GDP grew by 12 percent during his 4-year term in office. You know that population grew by 4 percent over the period and that the GDP deflator increased by 6 percent during the past 4 years. You should conclude that real GDP per person __________.
O grew by 2%
O grew by 6%
O grew by 8%
O grew by 12%

Answer 1

Answer:

Grew by 2%

Explanation:

Given: nominal GDP =12% positive value cause it grew by 12% during these years.

              Population grew by 4%

              GDP deflator = 6% positive value cause it also grew by 6%

Question says we must find real GDP per person for the 4 year term that the president has served for so we will use the formula to calculate GDP Deflator to actually solve for Real GDP as we know the formula is GDP Deflator= (nominal GDP per person%)/(Real GDP per person%)x100

So we already have the nominal GDP and the GDP deflator therefore we substitute to the above formula:

6% = (12%)/ (Real GDP per person percentage) x100, and now we solve for Real GDP per person%

Therefore we multiply both sides with Real GDP percentage and get:

Real GDP per person %( 6%) = 12% and then we divide both sides with 6%,

Therefore Real GDP is 2% so we also see that real GDP has actual grown by 2% because the GDP deflator grew instead of decreasing where nominal GDP is also positive so if we have a fraction where an answer is positive we know both fraction values must be positive pus if the GDP deflator increases both nominal and Real GDP increase and that’s the relationship they have.