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Three Friends Have Just Told You They Have Genetic Disorders

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Three friends have just told you they have genetic disorders. One has PKU, one has sickle cell disease, and the other has Huntington's disease. None of them knows anything about these disorders. Please explain to each how they got the disease and their general prognosis (i.e., how will the disorder affect them in the future?).


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Elasticity of Demand

The degree to which the amount of a good requested by consumers shifts when its price is modified.

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A pricing strategy where identical or substantially similar goods or services are sold at different prices by the same provider in different markets.

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Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy where similar goods or services are sold at different prices by the same provider in different markets.

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