The Price Elasticity of Demand Is Generally

question 87

Multiple Choice

The price elasticity of demand is generally

• A)negative, but the minus sign is ignored.
• B)positive, but the plus sign is ignored.
• C)positive for normal goods and negative for inferior goods.
• D)positive because price and quantity demanded are inversely relateD.

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Definitions:

Eardrum

A thin membrane in the ear that vibrates in response to sound waves, thereby transmitting sound to the inner ear.

Sound Waves

Sounds that move through air or a different substance and become audible when they arrive at a person's or animal's eardrum.

Frequencies

The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves) or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light), usually measured in hertz.

Hz

Hertz, a unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) that measures the number of cycles per second of any periodic event.