Business Economics Quiz: Week 5 Quiz This Question  5 of 20 (11 complete) The unemployment rate O A. shows the percentage of the population that is considered unemployed. C B- shows the percentage of the labor force that is considered unemployed. O C. is the amount of people in the population that are not working O D. is the amount of the labor force that is not working Suppose an economy is given by the following Population 258 million Labor force 161 million The number of people employed 154.6 million The number of people unemployed 6.4 million Given the information above. the unemployment rate is T% (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place)

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