To find the x-intercept of a linear equation, let = 0 and solve for the other variable.

let y = 0 and solve for the other variable, because any point on x-axis has y-coordinate = 0

according to this law, when unemployment goes up by 1%, gdp drops by 2%. in the question, unemployment rate goes from 2% to 5%, meaning unemployment goes up by 3%, so the gdp drops by 6%. thus the effect is a drop in gdp by 6%.

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