According to the text, the price elasticity of demand for oranges has been estimated to be -0.62. This implies that a doubling of the price of oranges would cause the quantity demanded of oranges to:

A) increase by 6.2 percent.
B) decrease by 6.2 percent.
C) increase by 62 percent.
D) decrease by 62 percent.

D

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A) rise; no change B) fall; a decrease C) rise; an increase D) fall; an increase E) rise; a decrease

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