The Price of a New Textbook Increases from $75 to $90

question 131

Multiple Choice

The price of a new textbook increases from $75 to $90 while the price of used copies of the textbook increases from $50 to $65. Other things equal, we would expect to observe

• A) the quantity demanded of the used textbook to increase while the quantity demanded of the new textbook to fall.
• B) the quantity demanded of both to fall.
• C) the demand for the new textbook to increase while the demand for the used textbook to decrease.
• D) the quantity demanded of the used textbook to decrease and the quantity demanded of the new textbook to increase.

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