Suppose that an economy has 9 million people working fulltime. It also has 1 million people who are actively seeking work but currently unemployed as well as 2 million discouraged workers who have given up looking for work and are currently unemployed. What is this economy's unemployment rate? $L O 27.2$ a. 10 percent. b. 15 percent. c. 20 percent. d. 25 percent.
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