GreenTree Corporation sells live Christmas trees. It observes that when it increases the price of Christmas trees by 10 percent, revenue rises by 25 percent. The demand for Christmas trees is:
A. perfectly elastic.
B. elastic.
C. inelastic.
D. unit elastic.
Answer: C
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