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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are employed\\\". A member of the opposition said (again, roughly) \\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are unemployed\\\".
As it turns out, they were both correct. The sample size (that is, the population of Sweden) had increased, 200,000 more people were now living in Sweden.

Explanation with bogus numbers:
If 5,000,000 people out of 9,000,000 had been employed, it was now 5,100,000 people out of 9,200,000.
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are employed\\\". A member of the opposition said (again, roughly)\\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are unemployed\\\".
As it turns out, they were both correct. The sample size (that is, the population of Sweden) had increased, 200,000 more people were now living in Sweden.

Explanation with bogus numbers:
If 5,000,000 people out of 9,000,000 had been employed, it was now 5,100,000 people out of 9,200,000.
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are employed\\\". A member of the opposition said (again, roughly)\\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are <i>un</i>employed\\\".
As it turns out, they were both correct. The sample size (that is, the population of Sweden) had increased, 200,000 more people were now living in Sweden.

Explanation with bogus numbers:
If 5,000,000 people out of 9,000,000 had been employed, it was now 5,100,000 people out of 9,200,000.
Changed line(s) 1 from:
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \
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Before the Swedish election in 2010, a minister said (roughly) \\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are employed\\\". A member of the opposition said (again, roughly)\\\"since the last election, 100,000 more people are UNemployed\\\".
As it turns out, they were both correct. The sample size (that is, the population of Sweden) had increased, 200,000 more people were now living in Sweden.

Explanation with bogus numbers:
If 5,000,000 people out of 9,000,000 had been employed, it was now 5,100,000 people out of 9,200,000.
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