The marketing people at Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Company believe that if they lower the price of their Cherry Garcia flavor ice cream by 25 percent, the quantity demanded will increase by 5 percent. If they are correct in their belief, then

A) the demand for Cherry Garcia is price elastic.
B) their total revenue from Cherry Garcia will increase if they lower the price.
C) the demand for Cherry Garcia is income elastic.
D) their total revenue from Cherry Garcia will decrease if they lower the price.


D

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