If the Price of Apples Went Up by 25 Percent

question 57

Multiple Choice

If the price of apples went up by 25 percent, which of the following values of the cross price elasticity for oranges would be most reasonable to anticipate?

• A) 0.0
• B) 1.2
• C) -2.5
• D) -1.0

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Bibliographic Information

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Independent Variable

The element within an experiment that is varied or adjusted by the scientist to see how it influences the dependent variable.

Control Group

A group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment or intervention and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Correlation

An index quantifying the relationship in the variability of two or more variables.