Refer to the article below to answer two questions:
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Unemployment Rate Hits a 26-Year High
The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent in October, the highest rate
since 1983. Nonfarm payrolls dropped another 190,000 last month, adding to 22
consecutive months of job losses. The biggest job losses were in manufacturing,
construction, and retail employment.
Since the recession began over 7.3 million jobs have been lost. The unemployment rate
has more than doubled from 4.9 percent in December 2007 to its current level of 10.2
percent.
In October, 35.6 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more,
while 20 percent of the unemployed were jobless for 5 weeks or less.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 10, 2009.
If the number of unemployed people is 15.7 million, in October 2009
Instructions: Round your responses to one decimal place.
a. how many people were in the labor force?
million
b. how many people were employed?
million
