If the total expenditures of a typical family equaled $40,000 per year in 2015 and the exact same basket of goods and services cost $45,000 in the year 2017, the family's cost of living:

A. increased by 12.5 percent.
B. decreased by 11.1 percent.
C. decreased by 12.5 percent.
D. increased by 11.1 percent.


Answer: A

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