If a $100 drop in the price of a $10,000 car resulted in an increase in the quantity of cars purchased from 100 to 110 and a $100 drop in the price of a $1,000 vacation rental resulted in an increase in the quantity of weekly vacation homes rented from 100 to 110, the price elasticity of demand is:

A. the same for both the car and the vacation rental.
B. not comparable.
C. less for the car.
D. greater for the car.


Answer: D

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