Question

The number of a country's unemployed workers decreased from 3.4 million to 5.5 million last yr. If the country population remained constant at 76 million, How did it's unemployment rate change last yr?

Answer 1

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Answer: It inceased by about 3%

Answer 2

In this question , it is given that the number of a country's unemployed workers decreased from 3.4 million to 5.5 million last year.

First we have to find the percentage of unemployers, that is

$\frac{3.4}{76}*100 , \frac{5.5}{76}*100 \\ = 4.47 % , 7.24%$

So the percentage of unemployers change at a rate of

$= 7.24 -4.47= 2.77%$