People Generally Purchase Less of a Commodity as Its Price

question 153

Multiple Choice

People generally purchase less of a commodity as its price increases.This implies that the relationship between quantity purchased and the price of the commodity must have a

• A)slope always equal to one.
• B)positive slope.
• C)zero slope.
• D)negative slope.

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