A Good with an Absolute Value of the Price Elasticity

question 230

Multiple Choice

A good with an absolute value of the price elasticity of demand of 1.0 is classified as:

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

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