When the Local Symphony Recently Raised Its Price for Tickets

question 8

Multiple Choice

When the local symphony recently raised its price for tickets to their summer concerts in the park, the symphony's total revenue actually decreased. What does this indicate about the elasticity of demand for symphony tickets?

• A) It is elastic.
• B) It is unit elastic.
• C) It is unit inelastic.
• D) It is inelastic.

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Definitions:

Measurable Characteristics

Quantifiable attributes or properties of an object or individual that can be determined through observation or testing.

Polygenetics

A branch of genetics that studies the quantitative effects of multiple genes combined to influence a phenotypic trait.

Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA, that determine specific characteristics by encoding proteins.

Polygenetic Effects

The influence on a trait that results from the interaction of many different genes.