If demand for farm crops is inelastic, a good harvest will cause farm revenues to:

A. decrease because of a percentage fall in price greater than the percentage increase in quantity sold.
B. increase because of a downward movement along the supply curve, encouraging an increase in demand.
C. increase because of the increase in the quantity that farmers can sell.
D. remain unchanged because the increase in quantity that can be sold will be matched by an equal decrease in price.


Answer: A

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