For a necessity good, the price elasticity of demand is:
a. close to zero

b. close to 1.
c. greater than 1.
d. close to infinity.


a

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a. marginal revenue equals price b. marginal cost equals marginal revenue c. price exceeds marginal cost d. price exceeds marginal revenue e. total revenue equals total cost

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