Members of Alpha Fraternity Have Developed a Strong Liking for Coca-Cola

question 21

Multiple Choice

Members of Alpha fraternity have developed a strong liking for Coca-Cola. Beta fraternity members buy the same amount of Coke but believe Pepsi is just about as good. From this, we can infer that

• A) Alpha members will not care what the price of Coke is.
• B) compared to Alpha members, Betas will have a smaller price elasticity of demand for Coke.
• C) compared to Alpha members, Betas will have a larger price elasticity of demand for Coke.
• D) Alpha members will increase their purchases by a larger amount of Pepsi than Beta members in response to a "50 cents off" sale on a case of Pepsi.

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