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:
The possible number of goats is 6 and the possible number of chicken is 24
Step-by-step explanation:
Let
chicken=c
Goat=g
the number of chickens could be four times the number of goats
c=4g
Total number of animals=30
c+g=30
Recall, c=4g
So,
c+g=30
4g+g=30
5g=30
Divide both sides by 5
5g/5=30/5
g=6
Recall,
c+g=30
c+6=30
c=30-6
=24
c=24
The possible number of goats is 6 and the possible number of chicken is 24 making a total of 30 animals
The answer is $213 because you subtract the price sold by the price he bought them for and then you add them together (see work)
sorry it won't let me show step by step but your answer is 150x-17
Answer:
-1.9
Step-by-step explanation:
The opposite of the opposite is the original number, -1.9.
It is located at -1.9 on the number line.