Practice question · Estimate
European GDP per capita roughly tripled between 1950 and 1973. If it started at index 100, estimate the 1973 level.
Estimate on a scale from 100 to 500.
Hints
- Tripling means multiplying the starting index by three.
- The starting index was one hundred.
Show the answer
300 (answers within ±25 count)
Why
Index 300, a tripling in 23 years, roughly 5% annual growth. Nothing like it before or since in Western European history.
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