A perfectly elastic demand curve

A) shows that a slight change in income will lead to a large reduction in price.
B) is a vertical line drawn across from the quantity axis.
C) shows that a slight increase in price will reduce quantity demanded to zero.
D) has a slope of -1.


Answer: C

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