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QRINC offered new employees a starting salary of $34,862 in 2013. What would a comparable starting salary have been in 2003?

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Table of Annual CPI values

2003-184.00            

2004-188.90

2005-195.3

2006-201.6

2007-207.342

2008-215.303

2009-214.537

2010-218.056

2011-224.939

2012-229.594

2013-232.957

2014-236.736

QRINC offered new employees a starting salary of $34,862 in 2013. What would a comparable starting salary have been in 2003?

Answer:

[tex]C=27535.5881128[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

CPI for 2003(index)=2003-184.00  

CPI for 2013(index)=2013-232.957  

Starting salary in 2013 at $34,862

Generally  comparable starting salary C is given as

   [tex]C=\frac{starting salary}{CPI for 2013(index} *CPI for 2003(index)[/tex]

   [tex]C=\frac{34,862}{232.957} *184[/tex]

Therefore C the comparable starting salary is givrn to be

   [tex]C=27535.5881128[/tex]

   [tex]C=27536 appro[/tex]

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