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The consumer price indices of a certain country for the years 2008 and 2010, using the year 2000 as the base year were 120 and...

The consumer price indices of a certain country for the years 2008 and 2010, using the year 2000 as the base year were 120 and 128 respectively.
The average wages of a unionisable employee in the country for the years 2008 and 2010 were sh 15,000 and 15,900 respectively.

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Kavungya answered the question on May 26, 2021 at 08:27

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