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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the price of a 24 pounds of flour costing $1.50. use the inflation calc to see how much $1.50 in 1929 would cost today. then find our how much you would have to pay for 24 pounds of flour today.

OpenStudy (amistre64):

?? 1.50 costs 1.50 ??

OpenStudy (amistre64):

since we do not possess the inflation calculator, how are we sposed to answer this thing accurately?

OpenStudy (dumbcow):

we need the avg rate of inflation to do this i think its typically around 3or4 percent

OpenStudy (dumbcow):

ok if we assume inflation of 3% then price = 1.5*(1.03)^82 = 16.93 does that help

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