Suppose the cross-price elasticity of demand between peanut butter and jelly is -2.50 . This implies that a 20 percent increase in the price of peanut butter will cause the quantity of jelly purchased to

a. fall by 8 percent.
b. fall by 50 percent.
c. rise by 8 percent.
d. rise by 50 percent.


b

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