If the unemployment rate is 5.8 percent and the number of unemployed persons is 15 million, the number of people who are employed is approximately Answer : 244 million

Explanation:

Given:

Required

Determine the number of employed persons.

First, we need to determine the labor force.

This is done as follows.

Substitute values for. Unemployment Rate and Unemployed

Solve for Labor Rate

So, we have the labor rate to be.

Next, we calculate the employed people as follows

ek = (m·v2) / 2

v - velocity of system after the collision

m = m1 + m2

ek = (m1 + m2) ·v2/2

ek = (200 + 250) ·2,32/2 = 450·5,29/2 = 1190,25 j