If average annual tuition at public 4-year colleges was $1,908 in 1990, when the CPI was 130.7, and $8,655 in 2012 when the CPI was 229.6, then the real cost of annual tuition
A) rose by 354 percent during that period.
B) fell by 158 percent during that period.
C) fell by 354 percent during that period.
D) rose by 75.7 percent during that period.
E) rose by 158 percent during that period.
E
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