Suppose that the labor cost-total cost ratio in industry A is 82 percent while in industry B it is 21 percent. Other things equal, labor demand will be:

A. more elastic in industry A than in B.
B. relatively inelastic in both industries A and B.
C. more elastic in industry B than in A.
D. relatively elastic in both industries A and B.

Answer: A

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