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A certain economic indicator is proportional to the square of the unemployment rate. If the unemployment rate increases by 10 percent, then the indicator will increase by

A. 1%
B. 10%
C. 11%
D. 21%
E. 100%
\(+10 + 10 + \frac{(+10)(+10)}{100} = 21\), Answer must be (D)
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A certain economic indicator is proportional to the square of the unemployment rate. If the unemployment rate increases by 10 percent, then the indicator will increase by

A. 1%
B. 10%
C. 11%
D. 21%
E. 100%

Let rate is 10% which increases by 10% which eventually becomes 10 + 10*.1 = 11%.
Initially the indicator was 100 which became 100(1+11*11) = 121
i.e. 21%

Answer D.
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Does anyone know any similar exercises of this type and of inverse proportion to practice?
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­Directly proportional-  P=Ke where K is a constant. Basically always choose numbers for these to get a K value and then plug back in:

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Let unemployment rate be represented as (U) & Economic Indicator be represented as (I).
As per question; I = K*U^2 ----- where K is proportionality constant.
=> K = I/ U^2 ----- Eq.1

Given that unemployment rate (U) increased by 10% => U changed to 1.1U . Let new Unemployment rate be Ux & new Index be Ix.
Now, we have:
Ix= K* Ux^2
=> Ix = K * {1.1U}^2
=> Ix = K * 1.21 U^2

=> K = Ix / 1.21 U^2 -------- Eq.2

Equating Eq.1 & Eq.2,

A factor of 1.21 corresponds to a 21% increase.
Answer: D
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First step find the K constant:

EI = K(Constant) * (UR)^2.

Lets assume EI is 10. UR is also 10.

K = 10/100 = 1/10.

Thus EI = 1/10 * (11)^2 = 121/10 = 12.1.

Therefore the Constant increased by 12.1/10 = 21.1%
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A certain economic indicator is proportional to the square of the unemployment rate. If the unemployment rate increases by 10 percent, then the indicator will increase by

A. 1%
B. 10%
C. 11%
D. 21%
E. 100%
\(+10 + 10 + \frac{(+10)(+10)}{100} = 21\), Answer must be (D)
Can you please explain in detail? I am confused, thanks!
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­Directly proportional- P=Ke where K is a constant. Basically always choose numbers for these to get a K value and then plug back in:

Hi! I did not understand the P=Ke part, how did you get that?
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Attached is a visual that should help.
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Directly proportional to square of unemployment rate (UR) means: Indicator = k * (UR)^2

Now we can make our job here easier by assigning values. Dan's video focuses on the wrong thing really, and at end he kind of brushes over his not so great values. The question is not at all about the constant of proportionality (i.e, k). So we assign it the value of 1, and let UR be 10.

indicator before increase is: 1 * 100 = 100

increase UR by 10 we get 11.

the new indicator is:
1 * 11^2 = 121

100 -> 121 is a 21% increase.
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We can also plug in numbers - as 20 for the Unemployment Rate; if it raises by 10%, which is to - it will become 22, in this case making the previous 400 of the indicator 484, which is exactly 121 percent of the 400, which indicates a 21 percent increase
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