SOLUTION: In 2014, a country's civilian labor force consisted of 271,011,000 persons. Of this total, 13,117,000 were unemployed. What percent of the country's civilian labor forc

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Question 1152738: In 2014, a country's civilian labor force consisted of 271,011,000 persons. Of this total, 13,117,000 were unemployed. What percent of the country's civilian labor force was unemployed?
Answer by ikleyn(52890)   (Show Source):
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Divide smaller number by the total and then multiply the quotient by 100 to get percentage = 4.84%.

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SOLUTION: In​ 2014, a​ country's civilian labor force consisted of 271,011,000 persons. Of this​ total, 13,117,000 were unemployed. What percent of the​ country's civilian labor forc

SOLUTION: In 2014, a country's civilian labor force consisted of 271,011,000 persons. Of this total, 13,117,000 were unemployed. What percent of the country's civilian labor forc