Your Local Bakery Gives You Information on Consumer Purchasing Habits

question 132

Multiple Choice

Your local bakery gives you information on consumer purchasing habits for muffins and cupcakes. It tells you that, when the price of a muffin is $1, people buy 55 cupcakes. When the price of a muffin is raised to $2, cupcake purchases go up to 65 cupcakes. The cross-price elasticity of demand is:

• A) 0.50.
• B) 0.25.
• C) 0.67.
• D) 2.00.
• E) 4.00.

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Definitions:

Credit Card

A payment card issued by financial institutions that allows the cardholder to borrow funds for purchases or cash advances, subject to a line of credit.

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Debit Cards

A payment card that deducts money directly from a consumer's checking account to pay for a purchase, unlike credit cards which borrow money that must be repaid.

U.S. Mint

A bureau of the Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States.