If the percentage increase in price is 15 percent and the value of the price elasticity of demand is -3, then quantity demanded

A) will increase by 45 percent.
B) will increase by 5 percent.
C) will decrease by 45 percent.
D) will decrease by 5 percent.


Answer: C

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