What best explains why the number of working- days lost and percentage of working- time lost due to strikes did not occur in the same year?
A)low unemployment in the earlier years
B)the fact that the work force was much larger in the later years
C)more liberal strike laws in the later years
D)unionization of the public sector
E)high inflation

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The work force being much larger in the later years means that even if more days were lost to strikes, it could represent a smaller percentage of the total working time due to the larger number of overall working days contributed by the increased workforce.

What Best Explains Why the Number of Working- Days Lost