If the price of orange juice rises 10%, and as a result the quantity demanded falls by 8%, the price elasticity of demand for orange juice is
A) -1.25.
B) elastic.
C) Both A and B above.
D) Neither A nor B above.
D
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A) resources are being used with maximum efficiency. B) resources would create more value producing other goods and hence the production of this good should be decreased. C) more of the good should be produced. D) allocative efficiency has been attained. E) Both answers A and D are correct.
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If technological advances lower the cost of computer chips, in the market for computers the equilibrium price will ________ and the equilibrium quantity will ________
A) fall; increase B) fall; decrease C) rise; increase D) rise; decrease
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