Pat bought 5 pounds of apples. how many pounds of pears could pat have bought for the same amount of money?

1) 1 pound of pears cost $0.5 more that 1 pound of apples2) 1 pound of pears cost 1.5 times as much as 1 pound of apples

In canada, the reference base period for the cpi is 2002. by 2012, prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period. the inflation rate in canada in 2013 was 1.1 percent. calculate the cpi in canada in 2013. hint: use the information that “prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period” to find the cpi in 2012. use the inflation rate formula (inflation is the growth rate of the cpi) to find cpi in 2013, knowing the cpi in 2012 and the inflation rate. the cpi in canada in 2013 is round up your answer to the first decimal. 122.9 130.7 119.6 110.5