Usually, price elasticities of supply are

A. considered short-run adjustments due to supply constraints.
B. positive, because higher prices yield larger quantities supplied.
C. an inverse relationship between price and quantity supplied.
D. ordinarily a negative number based on the law of supply.


Answer: B

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