If a Lower Price for a Pepsi Decreases the Demand

question 134

Multiple Choice

If a lower price for a Pepsi decreases the demand for a Coke,the cross elasticity value for Pepsi and Coke is

• A) definitely negative.
• B) definitely equal to zero.
• C) definitely positive.
• D) definitely greater than one.
• E) possibly negative, positive, or zero, but there is not enough information to decide.

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