The bar graph shows the percent of the U.S. population that was unemployed as of January 1 on each of the years shown. A governmental agency wants to use the 5-year mean of the data to estimate how many people were unemployed in a certain geographic area between 2010 and 2014. If the total adult population of the area was 250,000, approximately how many adults were unemployed in that area during the indicated time period?
A. 16,950
B. 20,150
C. 20,950
D. 104,750
Answer:C
The bar graph shows the percent of the U.S. population that was unemployed as of January 1 on each of the years shown. A governmental agency wants to use the 5-year mean of the data to estimate how many people were unemployed in a certain geographic area between 2010 and 2014. If the total adult population of the area was 250,000, approximately how many adults were unemployed in that area during the indicated time period?
A. 16,950 B. 20,150 C. 20,950 D. 104,750
Explanation: C