Consider a medical breakthrough that led to the discovery of a simple microchip, which when inserted inside the human ear could prevent certain chronic diseases. The price elasticity of demand for that microchip would most likely be _____

a. highly elastic
b. highly inelastic
c. undefined
d. negative only for high prices
e. positive only for high prices

b

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