Answer:
Increased
Explanation:
Based on the information given we were told Ms. Sawyer's salary is the amount of $35,000, up from the amount of $31,000 last year which means that Ms. Sawyer's salary had INCREASED from $31,000 last year to $35,000 this year
Secondly we were told that the CPI is 187.5 this year which is up from 180 last year which means that Ms. Sawyer's CPI had INCREASED
from 180 last year to 187.5 this year.
Therefore this simply means that Ms. Sawyer's real income has INCREASED since last year.