Elastic Demand Is a Characteristic of Demand for a Good

question 5

Multiple Choice

Elastic demand is a characteristic of demand for a good where, at a given price, a 1% change in the price of a good leads to ____________ 1% change in the quantity demanded of that good.

• A) a more than
• B) a less than
• C) exactly a

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