An owner of local salon realized that by decreasing the prices for haircuts, his revenue increased. This implies that

a. The demand for haircuts is elastic
b. The demand for haircuts is inelastic
c. The demand for haircuts is unitary elastic
d. The demand for haircuts is perfectly elastic


a

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