If the rate of unemployment is 10% and the labor force is 130 million, the number of unemployed workers is:
A)1.3 million.
B)13 million.
C)10 million.
D)8 million.

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To calculate the number of unemployed workers, we first need to find the size of the labor force not currently working. This would be 10% of the labor force (130 million), which is 13 million. Therefore, the answer is B, 13 million.

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