Survey Of Economics
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Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 5, Problem 6SQ
If a decrease in the
- a. price elastic.
- b. price inelastic.
- c. unit elastic with respect to price.
- d. perfectly inelastic.
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