Suppose You Are the Manager of a Local Water Company

question 92

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are the manager of a local water company, and you are instructed to get consumers to reduce their water consumption by 10 percent. If the price elasticity of demand for water is −.25, by how much would you have to raise the price of water?

• A) 10 percent
• B) 25 percent
• C) 40 percent
• D) 100 percent

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Material A

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Material B

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Pounds

A unit of weight measurement commonly used in Britain and the United States, equal to 0.453592 kilograms.

Budgeted Units

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