In Miami town the average weekly wages for a certain group of wage earners was US $ 3,022.50. In 1998 the average weekly pay for the same group of wage earners showed an earning of US $ 4,836.00. In 1998 the consumer price index using 1990 as a base was 165.
Required:
Determine whether the wage earners were better off or worse off in 1998 than in 1990.