The price elasticity of demand is a measure of the extent to which the quantity and all other influences on buyers' plans demanded of a good changes when remain the same. Select one: A. the price of the good changes OB. the price of a related good changes C. the demand alone changes D. income changes * E. both the demand and the supply simultaneously change

The price elasticity of demand is a measure of the extent to which the quantity and all other influences on buyers' plans demanded of a good changes when remain the same. Select one: A. the price of the good changes OB. the price of a related good changes C. the demand alone changes D. income changes * E. both the demand and the supply simultaneously change

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