A manufacturer produces 400 units when the market price is $10 per unit and produces 600 units when the market price is $12 per unit. Using the midpoint method, for this range of prices, the price elasticity of supply is about
a. 0.45.
b. 2.0.
c. 2.2.
d. 200.
c
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