If the price elasticity of demand is 0.4, a 5 percent increase in price will quantity demanded to fall by 2 percent.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

The formula for the price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price: .4 = x/.05 = .02 or 2 percent.

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