Blossom, Inc. sells 500 bottles of perfume a month when the price is $7. A huge increase in resource costs forces Blossom to raise price to $9, and the firm only manages to sell 460 bottles of perfume. The price elasticity of demand is:

A. 0.33 and elastic
B. 3.0 and elastic
C. 0.33 and inelastic
D. 3.0 and inelastic

C. 0.33 and inelastic

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