The owner of a local pretzel cart has estimated that if he lowers the price of pretzels from $4.00 to $3.00, he will increase sales from 800 to 1,100 pretzels per day. Using the midpoint formula, the demand for pretzels is
A. perfectly elastic.
B. inelastic.
C. unit elastic.
D. elastic.
Answer: D
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