Boise Cascade Comprises Two Businesses

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Boise Cascade comprises two businesses.Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution is one of the largest wholesale building materials distributors in the United States.The firm's 33 distribution facilities market a wide range of building products and services to retail lumber dealers,home improvement centers,and industrial accounts nationwide. Boise Cascade Wood Products manufactures plywood,lumber,particleboard,and engineered wood products (laminated veneer lumber,I-joists,and laminated beams) at 20 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada.The firm's wood products are used primarily in housing,industrial construction,and a variety of manufactured products.Our wood products are sold to retail lumber dealers,home centers specializing in the do-it-yourself market,and industrial customers.
-Refer to Boise Cascade.When the demand for new housing is high,the _____ demand for the products manufactured by Boise Cascade is also high.This is an example of:

• A) joint demand
• B) inelastic demand
• C) derived demand
• D) fluctuating demand
• E) elastic demand

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