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Table: Employment, Unemployment, and Labor Force Participation   What was the unemployment rate of the country in 2009?

Which statement is TRUE about economic growth?

Price Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied $10 2,000 1,200 $12 1,900 1,300 $14 1,800 1,400 $16 1,700 1,500 $18 1,600 1,600 $20 1,500 1,700   If the price in the free market were $12, then a:

Use the Rule of 70 to answer the questions on economic growth. Round answers to two places after the decimal.   If annual real GDP per capita growth in Djibouti averages 6.6% per year, how long will it take the country to quadruple its real GDP per capita? [ans1] years   It took Botswana 25 years (1980-2004) to increase its real GDP per capita eightfold, what was its average economic growth during this period? [ans2]%

In a free market setting where quantity supplied is 40 units and quantity demanded is 50 units, price will:

Jose sells his economics textbook from last semester, which he could sell back to the bookstore for $40, to Adolfo for $150. Adolfo had planned to pay $240 for the textbook at the bookstore. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

You drive to work every weekday morning (Monday – Friday) and you decide to keep track of the time it takes, in minutes, for 35 days. The results follow:    15 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 24 26 31 36 38 39 Consider the stem plot below: The stems would be  Stem Leaf [1]           5 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 [2] 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 [3] 1 6 8 9   The range is [24]

The ages of participants in a video game tournament follow a normal distribution with a mean of 25 years and a standard deviation of 4 years. Find the age (the data value) that corresponds to a z-score of 1.8.   (round to one decimal place as needed)

Three cars were tested for their fuel efficiency in miles per gallon (mpg) during a road trip. Arrange the cars in ascending order (smallest to greatest) based on their projected standard deviation without actually calculating s.   Car A: (30 mpg, 30 mpg, 30 mpg) Car B: (20 mpg, 15 mpg, 20 mpg) Car C: (10 mpg, 10 mpg, 50 mpg)     least [A], [B], [C] largest standard deviation

Following 20 values are the number of grams of carbs in a 12-ounce espresso drink offered at ACME coffee in Monterey County.  10 14 14 14 24 25 26 26 27 27 30 31 38 39 41 43 44 46 54 59   The stem plot below has the following stems Stem  Leaf [1] 0 4 4 4 [2] 4 5 6 6 7 7 [3] 0 1 8 9 [4] 1 3 4 6 [5] 4 9   The range for this data set is [49]