Question

President Bigego is running for re-election against Senator Pander. Bigego proclaims that more people are working now than when he took office. Pander says that the unemployment rate is higher now than when Bigego took office. You conclude that
a. one of them must be lying.
b. both of them could be telling the truth if the labor force, and employment grew at the exact same rate.
c. both of them could be telling the truth if the labor force grew slower than employment.
d. both of them could be telling the truth if the labor force grew faster than employment

Answer 1

Answer:

d. both of them could be telling the truth if the labor force grew faster than employment

Explanation:

The president claims that more people are working, this is a nominal approach, if 5000 people were working at the beginning of his term and now, which is ending it has 5001 people working his statement will be true.

The senator makes a more economic approach, while there are more people employement, we must remember than the labor force grows each day, as more kids finish their studies and jump right into the search of jobs.

So, both statement can be true, example

at beginning

600/6,000 = 10& unemployement

6,000 labor force - 600 unemployee = 5,400 working

leaving the office:

1,100/10,000 = 11% unemployement

10,000 labor force - 1,100 unemployee = 8,900 working

UNder this scenario, both are true.