Freezing temperatures in California have sharply reduced the supply of oranges in the U.S. You predict that the price of oranges will ________, and the more elastic the demand for oranges, the ________ will be the effect on the price
A) fall; smaller
B) fall; greater
C) rise; smaller
D) rise; greater
C
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If a 1 percent decrease in the price of one good generates a 3 percent increase in the quantity demanded for another good, then the
a. two goods are complementary b. cross elasticity between the two goods is positive c. two goods are substitutes d. price elasticity of demand for the good whose quantity demanded increased must be inelastic e. price elasticity of demand for the good whose quantity demanded increased must be elastic
If the supply of a good is relatively elastic, this means that the quantity supplied of the good is
a. not very sensitive to the price of the good. b. highly sensitive to the price of the good. c. unrelated to the price of the good. d. none of the above.