What Is the Definition of a Depression

question 69

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a depression?  

• A) a mild reduction in total production coupled with a rising unemployment rate that lasts for several years 
• B) a decline in total production that lasts less than 6 months 
• C) a severe fall in stock prices that causes financial panic and lasts several years 
• D) a severe reduction in total production coupled with high unemployment that lasts several years

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Definitions:

Operators

Special symbols that carry out arithmetic or logical computation on operands.

System.exit()

A method in Java used to terminate the currently running Java virtual machine by giving a status code.

Iteration

Iteration refers to the process of executing a sequence of statements repeatedly, either a fixed number of times or until a certain condition is met, as seen in loops.

Precedence

The rule used to clarify which operations in an expression are performed first when multiple operations occur.