If Faculty Choose to Stay with an Old Edition of a Book

question 47

Multiple Choice

If faculty choose to stay with an old edition of a book this is predicted to cause

• A)new textbook prices to rise.
• B)used textbook prices to rise (for the current edition).
• C)used textbook prices to rise (for the older edition).
• D)used textbook prices to fall (for the older edition).

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