With 125 million people working, 8 million out of work and looking for work, and 147 million neither working nor looking for work, the unemployment rate would be

A. (6.4% (8/125)*100%).
B. (55.5% (8+147)/(125+8+147)*100%).
C. (2.9% (8/(125+8+147)*100%).
D. (6.0% (8/(125+8)*100%).


Answer: D

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