Measurements Are Made at Two Different Times $44.4 \%$ B) Absolute Change: 80 Percentage Points
Percentage Change: 16

question 251

Multiple Choice

Measurements are made at two different times. Find the absolute change and then find the percentage change. Roundanswers to the nearest tenth if necessary.
-The unemployment rate in Midtown a decade ago was 20%. This year it was 36%.

• A) Absolute change: 16 percentage points
• Percentage change: \(44.4 \%\)
• B) Absolute change: 80 percentage points
• Percentage change: 16\%
• C) Absolute change: \(- 16\) percentage points
• Percentage change: \(44.4 \%\)
• D) Absolute change: 16 percentage points
• Percentage change: \(80 \%\)

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