If the demand for plastic surgery is price inelastic,

A. the percentage change in price is less than the percentage change in quantity.
B. then when more plastic surgery is performed, total expenditures on plastic surgery will decrease.
C. changes in price do not affect the number of operations.
D. both b and c
E. both a and b 


Answer: B

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