If the demand for cigarettes is highly inelastic, this indicates that:
a. higher cigarette prices will increase the demand for cigarettes.
b. the price elasticity coefficient of cigarettes exceeds 1.
c. the price elasticity coefficient of cigarettes equals 1.
d. the quantity of cigarettes purchased by consumers is not very responsive to a change in the price of cigarettes.
d
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(A) Producers have diminishing marginal returns of labor. (B) A small increase in price will lead producers to sharply increase their quantity supplied. (C) Producers will increase their quantity supplied in response to sharp drops in the market price. (D) Producers will not change their quantity supplied by much even if the market price doubles.