Refer to the data. If year 3 is chosen as the base year, the price index for year 1 is:





Assume an economy that makes only one product and that year 3 is the base year. Output and price data for a five-year period are as follows. Answer the question on the basis of these data.



A.  140.

B.  40.

C.  167.

D.  60.


D.  60.

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