At any given real wage, the equilibrium unemployment rate is calculated as the difference between which two factors?

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the number of workers prepared to work at the current wage and the demand for laborlabor demand and the quantity of workers ready to accept the wagethe demand for labor and the supply of laborthe supply of labor and the number of workers willing to work at the prevailing wagenone of the above

Explanation

The equilibrium unemployment rate represents the gap between the total labor supply—those willing to work at the existing real wage—and the labor demand. This difference indicates how many workers are unemployed because the labor supply exceeds the demand at that wage level.