The price elasticity of demand for a popular sporting event is 2. If the price of a ticket to this event increases by 10 percent, the quantity of tickets demanded will:

A. Decrease by 5 percent
B. Decrease by 20 percent
C. Decrease by 10 percent
D. Decrease by 0.2 percent


B. Decrease by 20 percent

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A) 0.8. B) 0.75. C) 0.5. D) 0.6.

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Firms in a monopolistically competitive industry produce:

a. consumption goods only. b. differentiated products. c. homogeneous goods and services. d. competitive goods only.

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 At an exchange rate of $1 = €1 in Figure 36.1, there is

A. Equilibrium in the foreign exchange market. B. A shortage of euros. C. a shortage of dollars. D. A surplus of dollars.

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Explain why only final goods are included in GDP.

What will be an ideal response?

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