A perfectly elastic demand curve exhibits

A) zero responsiveness to changes in price.
B) that quantity demanded will decrease to zero when there is a slight increase in the price level.
C) a change in quantity demanded that is proportional to the change in price.
D) a change in quantity demanded that is always twenty percent of the change in price.


Answer: B

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