A Horizontal Demand Curve Has a Price Elasticity of Demand

question 182

Multiple Choice

A horizontal demand curve has a price elasticity of demand equal to

• A) 1.
• B) 0.
• C) infinity.
• D) 0 at low quantities and 1 at higher quantities.

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