SOLUTION: The unemployment rate is 8.6 % convert rate to a demical then to a reduce fraction, there are 390,000 people look for work but with this rate how many would be unemployed.

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Question 704495: The unemployment rate is 8.6 % convert rate to a demical then to a reduce fraction, there are 390,000 people look for work but with this rate how many would be unemployed.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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8.6 % = 8.6/100

8.6 % = 0.086

Multiply this decimal value by 390,000 to get

390,000*0.086 = 33,540

Therefore, 33,540 people would be unemployed.

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