Practice #14
Complete each of the items below. When you are done check your
answers with the ones provided in the solution (to view the solution,
click on the button at the bottom of this page).
- In a major city, 8% of the potential work force, which consists
of 550,000 people, are unemployed. How many people are unemployed?
- Of the 112 small businesses in the local industrial park,
18 of them have declared bankruptcy within the last five years.
What percent of the businesses is this? Round to the nearest
tenth.
- If eleven students dropped out of a high school within the
last three years, how many will drop out in the next five? Assume
the drop out rate will not change. Round to the nearest whole
number.
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