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Calculate the cost of living indext for the year 2008 taking 2000 as the base year from the following information.

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Total expenditure in the year 2000 = Rs. `[25xx16+5xx40+10xx25+15xx10]=Rs. 1000`
Total expenditure in the year `2008=Rs. [25xx20+5xx80+10xx40+15xx16]=Rs.1540`
`therefore` Cost of living in `2008=1540/1000xx100=15.4.`
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