In a Country with a Population of 20 Million, There

question 247

Multiple Choice

In a country with a population of 20 million, there are 8 million employed and 4 million unemployed. What is the unemployment rate?

• A) 20 percent
• B) 33.3 percent
• C) 50 percent
• D) 25 percent
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Sperm

Male gamete having a haploid number of chromosomes and the ability to fertilize an egg, the female gamete.

Egg

Also called an ovum; haploid cell that is usually fertilized by a sperm to form a diploid zygote.

Fertilize

The process of a sperm cell joining with an egg cell to initiate the development of a new organism.

Cellular Differentiation

Process and developmental stages by which a cell becomes specialized for a particular function.