Understanding the Question
This may not be the actual way that the US government prepares the CPI, but it will provide a comparison.
You can set up a proportion. The base number for the CPI is 38.8 in 1970. That number (38.8) has more than doubled to get to 82.4, which also tells us that there was inflation. What your parents and grandparents bought in 1970 went to double the amount in 1980. Gasoline certainly did that.
Givens
CPI in 1970 = 38.8
CPI in 1980 = 82.4
Eggs 1970 = 0.25
Edgs 1980 = X
Formula substitution and solution
CPI 1970 / CPI 1980 = cost of eggs 1970 / cost of eggs 1980
38.8/82.4 = 0.25 / x Cross multiply
38.8 * x = 0.25 * 82.4
38.8 * x = 20.625
x = 20.628 /38.8
x = 0.53 dollars of 53 cents.
53 cents in 1980 which is slightly double as predicted.
Footnote
As a matter of interest, my wife tells me that eggs now cost about 3.58 where we live. That's almost 7 times as expensive as they were in 1980. Something to think about. By the way, the price quoted is in Canada.
Answer:
y= ab if a≠b
Step-by-step explanation:
y/a −b= y/b −a
multiply each side by ab to clear the fractions
ab(y/a −b) = ab( y/b −a)
distribute
ab * y/a - ab*b = ab * y/b - ab *a
b*y - ab^2 = ay -a^2 b
subtract ay on each side
by -ay -ab^2 = ay-ay -a^2b
by -ay -ab^2 =-a^2b
add ab^2 to each side
by-ay -ab^2 +ab^2 = ab^2 - a^2b
by-ay = ab^2 - a^2b
factor out the y on the left, factor out an ab on the right
y (b-a) = ab(b-a)
divide by (b-a)
y (b-a) /(b-a)= ab(b-a)/(b-a) b-a ≠0 or b≠a
y = ab
Answer:
Do you have an equation to find the answer?
200 miles. 2.5 divided by 3/4 is 3.33333-, multiplying the given by 60 would give us 199.98, which you can round to 200.
All you have to is divide two consecutive terms to calculate the common ratio
1/4 divided by 5/12 = 1/4 * 12/5 = 12/20 = 3/5
