Shaina and Mariah have a business that provides personal fitness training services. They know that after raising their prices from $100 to $150 per hour, the quantity of hours they spent delivering training services fell from 45 to 40 hours per week. The demand for their services is:

a. elastic, with a price elasticity coefficient greater than one.
b. elastic, with a price elasticity coefficient less than one.
c. inelastic, with a price elasticity coefficient greater than one.
d. inelastic, with a price elasticity coefficient less than one.


d

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