Multiple Choice
A government wants to reduce electricity consumption by 5%. The price elasticity of demand for electricity is -0.5. The government must ________ the price of electricity by ________.
A) raise; 10.0%
B) raise; 1.0%
C) raise; 0.1%
D) lower; 0.5%
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