Suppose that if poor households have a price elasticity of demand for medical care of 0.50 and rich households have a price elasticity of demand for medical care of 0.25, then a price increase of 10% would lead to the poor households reducing their quantity demanded for medical care by:

A. 2.5%.
B. 5%.
C. 25%.
D. 50%.


Answer: B

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