If a drought reduced by 20 percent the quantity of wheat available for consumption, by how much would the price of wheat have to rise to clear the market if the price elasticity of demand was .25?

A) 4 percent
B) 4.5 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 25 percent
E) 80 percent

E

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