Question

in the apex republic, 8% of the population was unemployed in may of 2006. if there were 176,000,000 people willing to work in the apex republic during that month, how many people were unemployed?

Answer 1

take 176000000 and multiply by 8% (or 0.08)

176000000 * 0.08 = 14,080,000 unemployed

Answer 2

14,080,000 were unemployed

Explanation:

We have given that 8% of the population were unemployed out of 176,000,000 people who were willing to work

We will find 8% of the population of 176,000,000 which is

`176,000,000\cdot (8)/(100)`

`\Rightarrow 176,000,0\cdot 8`

`\Rightarrow 14,080,000`

The number of people who were unemployed out of those who were willing to work is 14,080,000