Multiple Choice
Suppose you are advising the government on changes in the gasoline market. The current price is
$1.00 per litre and the quantity demanded is 2.5 million litres per day. Short- run price elasticity of demand is constant at 0.3. If the supply of gasoline is reduced so that the price rises to $1.50 per litre, then quantity demanded is predicted to fall in the short run by
A) 13.3 percent, and total expenditure will rise.
B) 50 percent , and total expenditure will fall.
C) 15 percent, and total expenditure will fall.
D) 12 percent, and total expenditure will rise.
E) 15 percent, and total expenditure will rise.
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