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1.2.3 Price, income and cross elasticities of demand

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Question 8

The table below shows estimates of the price elasticity of supply and price elasticity of demand for lithium carbonate.

Lithium Carbonate
Price elasticity of supply+0.25
Price elasticity of demand-0.18

Which one of the following can be inferred from the table?

A

A 10%10\%10% increase in the price of lithium carbonate would cause a 25%25\%25% increase in the quantity supplied

B

Lithium carbonate is an inferior good with income elastic demand

C

Both the demand and supply of lithium carbonate are price inelastic

D

The demand for lithium carbonate is more responsive to changes in price than the supply

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