Wealthy people are more likely than poor people to use airplanes rather than busses for interurban travel because

A) their demand for transportation is more elastic.
B) their demand for transportation is more inelastic.
C) they can better afford to use a higher-cost mode of transportation.
D) they are more likely to ignore the relative costs of busses and airplanes.
E) traveling by airplane usually costs them less than traveling by bus.

E

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