The Owner of a Produce Store Found That When the Price

question 8

Multiple Choice

The owner of a produce store found that when the price of a head of lettuce was raised from 50 cents to $1,the quantity sold per hour fell from 18 to 8.The arc elasticity of demand for lettuce is

• A)-0.56.
• B)-1.15.
• C)-0.8.
• D)-1.57.

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