Economics For Today
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Author: Tucker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 23SQ
If automobiles and gasoline are complements, then their cross-elasticity coefficient is
- a. strictly greater than 1.
- b. positive.
- c. equal to zero.
- d. negative.
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If the price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 1, that means:a. The demand for gas is very elasticb. One percent increase in price would cause one percent decrease in quantitydemanded for gasc. One percent increase in price would cause tone percent increase in quantitydemanded for gasd. The demand for gas is very inelastic
1. The price elasticity of hamburgers has been estimated at -1.20 for a wide range of prices. If prices increase by 15%, what would be the impact on the quantity of hamburgers sold?
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