The cross-price elasticity of demand for books and magazines is ?2.0. If the price of magazines decreases by 10 percent, the quantity demanded of books will:

A. rise by 20 percent.
B. rise by 2.0 percent.
C. fall by 20 percent.
D. fall by 2.0 percent.


Answer: A

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