Sue's Bagel Shop wants to estimate how responsive the demand for bagels is to a change in her cream cheese prices. To accomplish this task, the following data would not be needed:

a. percentage change in bagel prices
b. original price of cream cheese
c. new quantity of bagels sold
d. original quantity of bagels sold
e. new price of cream cheese


A

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