Table 6.1 Employment Status of the Working Age

Multiple Choice

Table 6.1
Employment status of the working age
population of Metropolis is approximately:

-Suppose that 50 percent of the part-time workers of Metropolis are looking for full-time jobs. Given the data in Table 6.1, if these workers were counted as not employed and looking for work, the unemployment rate of Metropolis would be approximately

A) 6 percent.
B) 13 percent.
C) 16 percent.
D) 21 percent.