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  • Question
  • In economics, if a good is inelastic,


  • Options
  • A. its supply or demand is not sensitive to price changes.
  • B. consumers have lost an interest in purchasing it.
  • C. producers have lost an interest in manufacturing it.
  • D. its supply or demand is too sensitive to price changes.

  • Correct Answer
  • its supply or demand is not sensitive to price changes. 

    Explanation

    If the percent change in quantity demanded is less than the percent change in price, economists label the demand for the good as inelastic.

    A good that is inelastic does not have very stretchy demand. In economic terms, the quantity demanded does not change a lot when the price changes.

     

    So, if the price of a good increases by 10 percent and the quantity demanded decreases by only 5 percent or less than 10, that good is said to have inelastic demand.

     

    Hence, in this case, consumers are not considered very sensitive, or responsive, to a change in the price of that good.

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    • 1. Which statement describes the term salary?

    • Options
    • A. Salary refers to the fixed amount paid on a daily basis.
    • B. Salary refers to the varying amount paid on a daily basis.
    • C. Salary refers to the fixed amount paid on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis.
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is true about economic resources?

    • Options
    • A. Economic resources are limited.
    • B. Economic resources are always controlled by the government.
    • C. Economic resources include only money.
    • D. Economic resources exist only at the individual level.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which ministry has started the exercise to revise base year to 2017 - 2018 for computation of wholesale inflation?

    • Options
    • A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
    • B. Ministry of Finance
    • C. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
    • D. All the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following represents a positive economic statement?

    • Options
    • A. The government should extend unemployment benefits.
    • B. The unemployment rate is too high.
    • C. Taxes should not be increased since that will lower spending.
    • D. The unemployment rate is 4.8 percent.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which property classification would include tools?
    • Discuss
    • 6. The law of demand implies that

    • Options
    • A. the higher the price of a good, the lesser the quantity demanded
    • B. the higher the price of a good, the higher the quantity demanded
    • C. the higher the quantity demanded, the higher the price of a good
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Another name for false productivity is

    • Options
    • A. making poor decisions
    • B. filling your mind with negative self-talk
    • C. driving toward success
    • D. spinning your wheels
    • Discuss
    • 8. National income accountants can avoid multiple counting by

    • Options
    • A. subtracting NDP from GDP
    • B. add exports, but subtract imports
    • C. only counting final goods
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following statements about GDP is correct?

    • Options
    • A. Nominal GDP values production at constant prices, whereas real GDP values production at current prices.
    • B. Nominal GDP values production at market prices, whereas real GDP values production at the cost of the resources used in the production process.
    • C. Nominal GDP consistently underestimates the value of production, whereas real GDP consistently overestimates the value of production.
    • D. Nominal GDP values production at current prices, whereas real GDP values production at constant prices.
    • Discuss
    • 10. A large underground economy results in an

    • Options
    • A. Overstated GDP
    • B. Understated GDP price index
    • C. Overstated GDP price index
    • D. Understated GDP
    • Discuss


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