If the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is 0.55, and the price of cigarettes increases by 10 percent, then the quantity of cigarettes demanded will fall by:

A. 550 percent.
B. 55 percent.
C. 0.55 percent.
D. 5.5 percent.


Answer: D

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