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Demand for a good is said to be inelastic if the quantity demanded increases slightly when the price falls by a large amount.

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The price elasticity of demand is defined as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price.

A) True
B) False

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The price elasticity of demand is defined as the percentage change in price divided by the percentage change in quantity demanded.

A) True
B) False

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Price elasticity of demand along a linear,downward-sloping demand curve decreases as price falls.

A) True
B) False

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Supply and demand both tend to be more elastic in the long run and more inelastic in the short run.

A) True
B) False

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Price elasticity of supply measures how much the quantity supplied responds to changes in the price.

A) True
B) False

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When demand is inelastic,a decrease in price increases total revenue.

A) True
B) False

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Measures of elasticity enhance our ability to study the magnitudes of changes in quantities in response to changes in prices or income.

A) True
B) False

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Price elasticity of demand along a linear,downward-sloping demand curve increases as price falls.

A) True
B) False

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If demand is perfectly inelastic,the demand curve is vertical,and the price elasticity of demand equals 0.

A) True
B) False

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Even the demand for a necessity such as gasoline will respond to a change in price,especially over a longer time horizon.

A) True
B) False

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Elasticity measures how responsive quantity is to changes in price.

A) True
B) False

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A government program that pays farmers not to plant corn on part of their land can help farmers not only through the subsidy payments to farmers who participate in the program but also by raising the market price of corn.

A) True
B) False

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Demand is elastic if the price elasticity of demand is greater than 1.

A) True
B) False

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When the price of knee braces increased by 25 percent,the Brace Yourself Company increased its quantity supplied of knee braces per week by 75 percent.BYC's price elasticity of supply of knee braces is 0.33.

A) True
B) False

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The demand for soap is more elastic than the demand for Dove soap.

A) True
B) False

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A linear,downward-sloping demand curve has a constant elasticity but a changing slope.

A) True
B) False

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If we observe that when a consumer's income rises by 10%,the quantity demanded of chocolate candy bars increases by 15%,then chocolate candy bars are are a normal good for that consumer.

A) True
B) False

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In general,demand curves for luxuries tend to be price elastic.

A) True
B) False

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If the price of calculators increases by 15% and the quantity demanded per week falls by 45% as a result,then the price elasticity of demand is 3.

A) True
B) False

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