A Perfectly Elastic Demand Implies That

question 49

Multiple Choice

A perfectly elastic demand implies that

• A)buyers will not respond to any change in price.
• B)any rise in price above that represented by the demand curve will result in a quantity demanded of zero.
• C)quantity demanded and price change by the same percent as we move along the demand curve.
• D)price will rise by an infinite amount when there is a change in quantity demanded.

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