Given
In this year, the average cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people, featuring stuffing, cranberries, Turkey, pie, and trimmings, was $48.25.
A decrease of 1.86% from the cost in the last year.
To find: What was the average cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the last year?
Step-by-step explanation:
It is given that,
In this year, the average cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people, featuring stuffing, cranberries, Turkey, pie, and trimmings, was $48.25.
That implies,
Let x be the average cost in the previous year.
Then,
Hence, the average cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the last year is $49.16.