If the Demand Curve Facing a Firm Had a Price

question 59

Multiple Choice

If the demand curve facing a firm had a price elasticity of demand equal to zero and the firm raised its price, its total revenue would

• A) decrease slightly.
• B) fall to zero.
• C) not change.
• D) increase.

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Definitions:

Population's Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of scores within a given population, indicating the average distance from the mean.

Observed Z Value

The value resulting from a Z-test statistic used in hypothesis testing, representing how many standard deviations an observation is from the mean.

Sample Mean

The average value of a set of numbers in a sample taken from a larger population. It is used to estimate the population mean.

Population Average

The population average is the mean value of a particular characteristic for the entire population, providing a central tendency measure of that characteristic.