Assume There Are 450 Million People in the United States

question 55

Multiple Choice

Assume there are 450 million people in the United States, 165 million of which make up the labor force. If 18 million are unemployed, what is the unemployment rate?

• A)8.35%
• B)9.58%
• C)10.91%
• D)11.05%
• E)11.74%

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Definitions:

Piaget's Conservation Task

Piaget's Conservation Task is a cognitive exercise used by psychologist Jean Piaget to assess a child's ability to understand that quantities remain constant despite changes in shape or arrangement.

Reversibility

A mental operation in which a child realizes that one operation can be negated, or reversed, by the effects of another.

Reversibility

The cognitive ability to understand that actions can be reversed, returning to the original state.

Mental Operation

Cognitive processes that involve manipulating information mentally, such as reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making.