College Students and Faculty Members Have a More Elastic Demand

question 242

Multiple Choice

College students and faculty members have a more elastic demand than the general public for Apple's iMac desktop computers.From this we can conclude that

• A)Apple will charge college students and faculty members higher prices than it charges the general public.
• B)Apple will charge college students and faculty members lower prices than it charges the general public.
• C)the general public will earn arbitrage profits by buying iMac desktop computers from Apple and reselling them to college students and faculty members.
• D)Apple will earn economic profits from the computers it sells to the general public but will break even on the computers it sells to college students and faculty members.

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