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Recall the Application About the Value of the Minimum Wage

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Recall the Application about the value of the minimum wage between 1974 and 2007 and the impact
inflation has on the real minimum wage to answer the following question(s) . The following table is from
the Application. 19742007 Minimum wage per hour $2.00$5.85 Weekly income from minimum wage $80.00$234.00 Cost of a standard basket of goods $47.00$202.00 Number of baskets per week 1.701.16\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline&1974&2007\\\hline\text { Minimum wage per hour } & \$ 2.00 & \$ 5.85 \\\hline \text { Weekly income from minimum wage } & \$ 80.00 & \$ 234.00 \\\hline \text { Cost of a standard basket of goods } & \$ 47.00 & \$ 202.00 \\\hline \text { Number of baskets per week } & 1.70 & 1.16\\\hline\end{array}

-Refer to the table above. By what percentage did the federal minimum wage increase from 1974 to 2007?


A) 65.81 percent
B) 192.5 percent
C) 222.3 percent
D) 292.5 percent

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