In September 2015, a Brisbane Family's Weekly Diet Consisted of 6

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In September 2015, a Brisbane family's weekly diet consisted of 6 kg of fish, 2 kg of beef and 2 kg of veal. One year later, because of the cost increases in these products, the family's diet has changed so that each week they consume 4 kg of chicken and 1 kg each of beef, veal, pork and fish. The prices are listed in the table below. $$\begin{array} { l c c c c } & { \text { September 2015 } } & { \text { September 2016 } } \\\hline & \text { Price (\$) } & \text { Quantity } ( \mathrm { kg } ) & \text { Price } ( \$ ) & \text { Quantity } ( \mathbf { k g } ) \\\text { Item } & \boldsymbol { p } _ { i , 2015 } & q _ { i } , 2015 & \boldsymbol { p } _ { i } , 2016 & q _ { i } , 2016 \\\hline \text { Beef } & 5.50 & 2 & 5.92 & 1 \\\text { Veal } & 7.48 & 2 & 8.06 & 1 \\\text { Pork } & 4.80 & 0 & 5.05 & 1 \\\text { Chicken } & 3.62 & 0 & 3.45 & 4 \\\text { Fish } & 5.13 & 6 & 6.25 & 1 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Calculate the Paasche price index for 2016, using 2015 as the base.