In one year you meet 45 people who are each unemployed for one week,and five people who are each unemployed for the whole year.What percent of the people you meet are short-term unemployed,and about what percent of the unemployment you encounter is long-term?
A)90 percent and 85.2 percent
B)10 percent and 85.2 percent
C)90 percent and 10 percent
D)10 percent and 14.7 percent

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The total number of weeks of unemployment is 45 + 5 * 52 = 315 weeks. The number of weeks of short-term unemployment is 45, so the percentage of short-term unemployment is 45 / 315 * 100 = 14.3%. The percentage of long-term unemployment is 100% - 14.3% = 85.7%.

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