The Price of Beef Increased by 20 Percent and the Quantity

question 258

Multiple Choice

The price of beef increased by 20 percent and the quantity supplied increased by 10 percent.The supply of beef is

• A) elastic.
• B) perfectly elastic.
• C) perfectly inelastic.
• D) inelastic.
• E) unit elastic.

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