Ali's Fine Cars finds that a 5 percent increase in the price of a used automobile leads to a percentage decrease in the quantity it is able to sell. What term accurately describes the demand curve for the used cars? inelastic elastic unit elastic perfectly elastic
Ali's Fine Cars finds that a 5 percent increase in the price of a used automobile leads to a percentage decrease in the quantity it is able to sell. What term accurately describes the demand curve for the used cars? inelastic elastic unit elastic perfectly elastic
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quantity it is able to sell. What term accurately describes the demand curve for the used cars?
inelastic
elastic
unit elastic
perfectly elastic](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0a9c0e38-b618-4ce0-97a9-d5242dcd4f1f%2F90ff1938-77bc-411e-9f84-e36d2024916d%2Fzc12qm_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Ali's Fine Cars finds that a 5 percent increase in the price of a used automobile leads to a percentage decrease in the
quantity it is able to sell. What term accurately describes the demand curve for the used cars?
inelastic
elastic
unit elastic
perfectly elastic
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