The greater the price elasticity of demand, the

a. more likely the product is a necessity.
b. smaller the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price.
c. greater the percentage change in price over the percentage change in quantity demanded.
d. greater the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price.

Answer: d. greater the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price.

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Sweet Grams makes graham cracker snack packages. Sweet Grams is a multi-plant firm with two production facilities. The above table summarizes the total marginal cost of production at various output levels in the separate plants. Assume Sweet Grams is a perfectly competitive firm.

A) 32,000
B) 36,000
C) 32,500
D) 27,000

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Based on the figure below. Starting from long-run equilibrium at point C, a decrease in government spending that decreases aggregate demand from AD1 to AD will lead to a short-run equilibrium at__ creating _____gap.

A. B; no output B. D; an expansionary C. B; recessionary D. D; a recessionary

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