In a small town of 100 people, there are 10 children under 16, 10 retired people, 60 people with full-time jobs, 3 people with part-time jobs, 3 full-time students over 16, and 4 full-time homemakers. The remaining people did not have jobs, but wanted jobs. What is the unemployment rate in this town?

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Answer:

Unemployment rate in the town is [tex]12.5[/tex] %

Explanation:

rate of unemployed can be determined by using the below given relation

unemployment rate  [tex]= \frac{U}{E+U} \\[/tex]

where E signifies employed people and U signifies unemployed people.

Unemployed people number is equal to

[tex]100 - 10 + 10 + 60 + 3 + 3+ 4+ 1\\= 9[/tex]

Total number of employed people is equal to

[tex]60 + 3\\= 63[/tex]

Substituting the given values in above equation, we get -

[tex]\frac{9}{9 + 63} * 100\\= \frac{9}{72} * 100\\= \frac{1}{8} * 100\\= 12.5[/tex]

Unemployment rate in the town is [tex]12.5[/tex] %

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