Why Do Producers Calculate the Price Elasticity of Demand for Their

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Multiple Choice

Why do producers calculate the price elasticity of demand for their goods and services?

• A) They want to know the goods and services for which consumers are most sensitive to price changes.
• B) They want to be able to predict the future preferences of their customers.
• C) They want to know that consumers will have the same response to a price change regardless of the good or service.
• D) They want to understand what goods their customers dislike the most.

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