Suppose the following data describe hypothetical country's population:
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Population
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247 000 000
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259 000 000
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263 000 000
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Labor force
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141 000 000
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144 000 000
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156 000 000
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Unemployment rate
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5%
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5%
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5.5%
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1. How many people are unemployed in each year?
2. How many people are employed each year?
3. Compute the employment rate (i.e., number employed: population) in each year
4. How can employment rate may go up or down in the unemployment rate stays the same? How can employment rate go up if unemployment rate also goes up? (See your results for above questions)