The owner of a local hot dog stand has estimated that if he lowers the price of hot dogs from $2.00 to $1.50, he will increase sales from 400 to 500 hot dogs per day. Using the midpoint formula, the demand for hot dogs is
A. inelastic.
B. elastic.
C. unit elastic.
D. perfectly elastic.
Answer: A
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