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If you parents made $4.00 an hour in 1980 and you make $12.00 an hour as a fryer technologist at Zippy burger today ,then you make three times as much as they did . yes ?NO?explain

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If it is a strictly math question, then yes you theoretically make three times as much as your parents. Realistically, inflation and scarcity plays a large role in the actual monetary value of the dollar making it an unfair comparison. Depends on the framework of the question. Hope this helps!
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