Answer the Question on the Basis of the Following Information $\mathbf { 8 0 }$

question 93

Multiple Choice

Answer the question on the basis of the following information about a hypothetical economy: Full-Time Employed = $\mathbf { 8 0 }$
Part-Time Employed = 25
Unemployed $= 15$
Discouraged Workers = 5
Members of Underground Economy = 6
Consumer Price Index $= 110$ Refer to the given information.The unemployment rate is:

• A) 18.8 percent.
• B) 12.5 percent.
• C) 16.7 percent.
• D) 25 percent.

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Definitions:

Price Discrimination

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Mergers

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Sherman Act

A federal statute that prohibits monopolistic business practices and promotes competition.

Injunctions

are judicial orders that restrain a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compel a person to carry out a certain act, like repairing a nuisance.