Question

"suppose that over the course of a year 100 people are unemployed for 4 weeks each (the short-term unemployed), while 10 people are unemployed for 52 weeks each (the long-term unemployed). approximately what percentage of the total weeks of unemployment were attributable to the long-term unemployed?

Answer 1

56.52% of the total weeks of unemployment were attributable to the long-term unemployed

Explanation:
There were 920 total weeks of unemployment
(52 week*10 people)+(4 weeks*100 people)
And 520 of those weeks were for long term unemployed
520/920= 0.56521
or, rounded to be 56.52%