As the Price of Good X Increases from $5 to $8

question 89

Multiple Choice

As the price of good X increases from $5 to $8, quantity demanded falls from 100 to 80. Based upon this information we can conclude that the demand for X is

• A) elastic.
• B) inelastic.
• C) unit inelastic.
• D) insufficient information for judgment.

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