If in a certain year the indices of prices received and paid by farmers were 115 and 142, respectively, the parity ratio (in percentage terms) would be approximately

A) 123.
B) 81.
C) 69.
D) 27.

Parity Ratio

A measure used to compare the value of one form of a commodity (e.g., agricultural produce) to another, often with respect to trade or exchange rates.

Indices

Statistical measures that track changes in a representative group of individual data points, often used to assess economic and financial performance.