Suppose the Company That Owns the Vending Machines on Your

question 45

Multiple Choice

Suppose the company that owns the vending machines on your campus has doubled the price of a can of soda. If they then still sell almost the same number of sodas per day, this suggests:

• A)students do not have good nutritional information.
• B)soda purchases represent a large fraction of students' budgets.
• C)there are few other places to purchase soda on campus.
• D)the price elasticity of demand for soda is equal to 1.

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