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The Australian Bureau of Statistics regularly publishes the average retail prices of selected items for each Australian capital city. The following table presents the prices of oranges, bananas, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots and onions in Melbourne during the June quarter in 2012 and 2014.  Fruit and vegetable prices ($/kg) Item  June 2012  June 2014  Oranges 2.982.95 Bananas 2.322.37 Potatoes 2.692.44 Tomatoes 3.724.59 Carrots 2.201.95 Onions 2.572.35\begin{array}{l}\text { Fruit and vegetable prices } ( \$ / \mathrm { kg } )\\\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline \text { Item } & \text { June 2012 } & \text { June 2014 } \\\hline \text { Oranges } & 2.98 & 2.95 \\\hline \text { Bananas } & 2.32 & 2.37 \\\hline \text { Potatoes } & 2.69 & 2.44 \\\hline \text { Tomatoes } & 3.72 & 4.59 \\\hline \text { Carrots } & 2.20 & 1.95 \\\hline \text { Onions } & 2.57 & 2.35 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array} Construct the average of relative price indexes for the fruit and vegetable group for June 2014 (with base June 2012 = 100).

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