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You Get a Wage Increase from $15 Per Hour to $17

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You get a wage increase from $15 per hour to $17 per hour at your landscaping job. How does this change your nominal and real wages?


A) This increase in pay makes your nominal wage increase. If your nominal wage rose by a greater percentage than the price level, then your real wage also increased.
B) This increase in pay makes your nominal wage increase. If your nominal wage rose by a greater percentage than the price level, then your real wage decreased.
C) This increase in pay makes your real wage increase. If your real wage rose by a greater percentage than the price level, then your nominal wage also increased.
D) This increase in pay makes your real wage decrease. If your real wage rose by a greater percentage than the price level, then your nominal wage decreased.

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