A government wants to reduce electricity consumption by 5%. The price elasticity of demand for electricity is -0.5. The government must ________ the price of electricity by ________.
A. raise; 1.0%
B. raise; 0.1%
C. lower; 0.5%
D. raise; 10.0%
Answer: D
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