?19742015Minimum wage per hour$ 2.00$ 7.25Weekly income from minimum wage$80.00$290.00Cost of a standard basket of goods$47.00$236Number of baskets per week1.701.23
Use Table 2.5 above to answer the question. What happened to the real value of the minimum wage between 1974 and 2015?
A. It remained the same.
B. It increased.
C. It decreased.
D. It could not be determined from the given information.
Answer: C
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