What Is the Dependency Ratio

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is the dependency ratio?

• A)the number of children men support
• B)the percentage of women who work outside the home
• C)the amount of people that can be supported by an acre of land
• D)the number of literate adults relative to the total number of adults in a population
• E)the number of nonworking compared to with working individuals in a population

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Definitions:

Critical Numbers

Values in the domain of a function where its derivative is zero or undefined, significant for finding local maxima and minima.

Alone

Being separate or isolated.

Task

A piece of work or duty to be completed, often with a specific objective.

Compounded Annually

Refers to the process of calculating and adding interest to the principal balance of an investment or loan once per year.