答案如下
If the price elasticity of demand is -1.5 and you increase the price of the product 2 percent, the quantity demanded will: A) decrease 0.75% B) decrease 3% C) decrease 1.5% D) increase 2%
The correct answer was B) decrease 3%. If the price elasticity of demand is -1.5, and you increase the price of the product 2%, the quantity demanded will decrease 3%. When the price elasticity is negative, it means that price and demand move in opposite directions. Given a price decrease, demand will increase and vice versa. The absolute value, 1.5, indicates that demand will move one-and-a-half times as much as price.
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