A Gallup survey showed that in March  2011 ,  8  of every  25  employers in the United States were adding more workers to their workforce,  9  of  50  were reducing their workforce, and  1  of  2  were keeping it the same. In a metropolitan area there are  1250  employers and of those who will hire, they will hire an average of seven new employees. If the employers who were cutting their workforce in that area were planning on letting go an average of nine workers, what would the net change in jobs for the area be?     This metropolitan area would see a ▼net decrease or increase of

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A Gallup survey showed that in March 

2011
8
 of every 
25
 employers in the United States were adding more workers to their workforce, 
9
 of 
50
 were reducing their workforce, and 
1
 of 
2
 were keeping it the same. In a metropolitan area there are 
1250
 employers and of those who will hire, they will hire an average of seven new employees. If the employers who were cutting their workforce in that area were planning on letting go an average of nine workers, what would the net change in jobs for the area be?

 

 
This metropolitan area would see a ▼net decrease or increase of 
 
 jobs.
 
 
 
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