The Incidence of Tuberculosis in the Year 2000 in the United

question 17

Multiple Choice

The incidence of tuberculosis in the year 2000 in the United States was 12.43/100,000 cases. This means

• A) there were 12.43 tubercle bacilli per 100,000 microbes in the United States in the year 2000.
• B) 12.43 of every 100,000 people died of tuberculosis in the U.S. in the year 2000.
• C) 12.43 of every 100,000 cases of tuberculosis were treated in the United States in the year 2000.
• D) 12.43 in every 100,000 people in the United States had tuberculosis in the year 2000.
• E) there were 12.43 new cases of tuberculosis for every 100,000 people in the United States in the year 2000.

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Total Revenue

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Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, demonstrating the goods' sensitivity to price changes.

Quantity

The amount or number of a material or immaterial good considered as a unit or total.

Perfectly Inelastic

Describing demand that is entirely unresponsive to price changes, represented by a vertical demand curve.