If demand is highly elastic and supply shifts to the right:

A. price will rise significantly as will quantity.
B. price and quantity will hardly change at all.
C. price will hardly change at all; quantity will rise significantly.
D. price will fall significantly; quantity hardly changes at all.


Answer: C

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