Scenario 5-4 Milk Has an Inelastic Demand,and Beef Has an Elastic Demand.Suppose

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Scenario 5-4
Milk has an inelastic demand,and beef has an elastic demand.Suppose that a mysterious increase in bovine infertility decreases both the population of dairy cows and the population of beef cattle by 50 percent.
-Refer to Scenario 5-4.The change in equilibrium quantity will be

• A)greater in the milk market than in the beef market.
• B)greater in the beef market than in the milk market.
• C)the same in the milk and beef markets.
• D)Any of the above could be correct.

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