A house costs 150,000 in 2002 and inflation rate has been 3% since 1990, what would the price of the house be in 1990
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Let $P_0$ be the price of the house ain 1990. Then the price in 2012 (after 12 years) is
\[P_{12}=(1+\frac{3}{100})^{12}P_0=(\frac{103}{100})^{12}P_0.\]
Hence
\[P_0=(\frac{103}{100})^{-12}P_{12}=(\frac{103}{100})^{-12}150000=\$ 105,206.98.\]
Here we use the formula
\[P_n=(1+r)^n P_0,\]
where $r$ is the interest rate and $P_n$ is the price after $n$ years, and $P_0$ is the initial price.
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