document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1134653>Question 1134653</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ​\"The unemployment rate has risenrisen more than a percentage point to 8.78.7​% in February from 6.8 %6.8% last​ November.\" What is the relative change in the unemployment rate expressed as a​ percentage?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The unemployment rate has risen by how much percent?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The percent increase is the amount of the increase, divided by the original number; multiplied by 100 to convert to a percentage:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: The actual percentage increase might be a good deal more or less than that number.  To get a more accurate number for the percent increase, the given unemployment rates need to be accurate to more than one decimal place. </SPAN>\n" );
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