The market demand for wheat is Q = 100 - 2p + 1 , where is the price of barley. If the price of wheat is $2, the price elasticity of demand

A) equals (-4/46).
B) equals (-46).
C) equals (-1).
D) cannot be calculated without more information.


D

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