If the interest rate rises, the present discounted value of a stream of payments owed in the future:

a. rises.
b. stays constant.
c. falls.
d. may rise or fall depending on the shape of the stream.

c

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Most people buy salt infrequently and in small quantities. Even a doubling of the price of salt is likely to result in a small decline in the quantity of salt demanded. Therefore

A) the price elasticity of demand for salt is greater than 1 (in absolute value). B) the demand for salt will be perfectly inelastic. C) salt is a normal good. D) the demand for salt is relatively inelastic.

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