A country has 50 million people, 30 million of whom are adults. Of the adults, 5 million are not interested in working, another 5 million are interested in working but have given up looking for work, and 5 million are still looking for work. Of those who do have jobs, 5 million are working part time but would like to work full time, and the remaining 10 million are working full time. What is this country's labor force participation rate?

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Answer:

66.7% is the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A country has 50 million people, 30 million of whom are adults.

Of the adults, 5 million are not interested in working.

5 million are interested in working but have given up looking for work.

5 million are still looking for work.

Of those who do have jobs, 5 million are working part time but would like to work full time, and the remaining 10 million are working full time.

Total labor force = Employed people + Unemployed  people

=> 15 million+ 5 million = 20 million

The labor force participation rate is [tex]\frac{20million}{30million} \times100[/tex]

= 66.66% ≈ 66.7%.