When the Local Symphony Recently Raised the Ticket Price for Its

question 47

Multiple Choice

When the local symphony recently raised the ticket price for its summer concerts, the symphony was surprised to see that its total revenue had actually decreased. The reason for the decline in total revenue was that the demand for tickets was:

• A)unit elastic.
• B)perfectly inelastic.
• C)relatively inelastic.
• D)relatively elastic.
• E)perfectly elastic.

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