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3. If your nominal income in 2014 was $50,000, and prices doubled between 2014 and 2017, to have the same real income, your nominal income in 2017 must be A) $50,000. B) $75,000. C) $90,000. D) $100,000.

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  1. If your nominal income in 2014 was 50,000,andpricesdoubledbetween2014and2017,tohavethesamerealincome,yournominalincomein2017mustbeA)50,000, and prices doubled between 2014 and 2017, to have the same real income, your nominal income in 2017 must be A) 50,000. B) 75,000.C)75,000. C) 90,000. D) $100,000.
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The correct answer is D) $100,000. Here's why:

Nominal income is the amount of money you earn in a given period, while real income takes into account the purchasing power of that money, i.e., how much goods and services you can buy with it.

If prices doubled from 2014 to 2017, it means that the same goods and services you could buy in 2014 for 50,000,youwouldneed50,000, you would need 100,000 to buy in 2017.

Therefore, to maintain the same real income (the same purchasing power), your nominal income would need to increase to $100,000 in 2017.

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