2 less than five times a number.

X will be the number.  

5 times that number X is 5X

2 less than 5 times the number is 5X - 2

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according to this law, when unemployment goes up by 1%, gdp drops by 2%. in the question, unemployment rate goes from 2% to 5%, meaning unemployment goes up by 3%, so the gdp drops by 6%. thus the effect is a drop in gdp by 6%.

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