Answer:
The unemployment rate does not count it discouraged workers becomes the <em>worse indicator</em> of the state of the economy.
Explanation:
Discouraged workers are essentially unemployed. Such workers have not been able to find employment for a long time and thus became discouraged from employment. They are different from generally unemployed because they are not seeking employment actively. For example, they have alternative sources of income or other assets which let them to stay unemployed.
<u>If these people are not counted in the unemployment rate</u>, the state does not develop a system to bring them back into the active labor force, because they require different approach from generally unemployed. In essence, a state has a number of people who could contribute to the economy otherwise.
Answer & Explanation:
Hi! Your answer would be 14 days will have passed when there are 102 pages left to read.
340 pages/17 pages per day= 20 days to complete the novel
340 - 102 = 238 pages left
Let's keep the equation like this: 340 - 238 = 102 pages left
238 pages/17 pages per day = 14 days
To confirm our answer:
14 < 20
Hope this helps!