Scenario 1.  Assume that frictional unemployment is 25; structural unemployment is 50; cyclical unemployment is 150; discouraged workers = 75; employed workers = 750; underemployed workers = 200.  Use this information to answer the following 5 questions. Refer to Scenario 1.  What is the unemployment rate?   Question 14 options:   a)  23.08%   b)  14.3%   c)  18%   d)  19.15%

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Scenario 1. 
Assume that frictional unemployment is 25; structural unemployment is 50; cyclical unemployment is 150; discouraged workers = 75; employed workers = 750; underemployed workers = 200. 
Use this information to answer the following 5 questions.

Refer to Scenario 1.  What is the unemployment rate?
 

Question 14 options:

 

a) 

23.08%
 

b) 

14.3%
 

c) 

18%
 

d) 

19.15%
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