Table 7-10
the Publisher of a Magazine Gives His Staff

Multiple Choice

Table 7-10
The publisher of a magazine gives his staff the following information:
$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline\text { Current price } & \$ 2.00 \text { per issue } \\\hline \text { Current sales } & 150,000 \text { copies per month } \\\hline \text { Current revenue } & \$ 300,000 \text { per month } \\\hline \text { Current total costs } & \$ 450,000 \text { per month } \\\hline\end{array}$ He tells the staff, "Our costs are currently $150,000 more than our revenues each month. I propose to eliminate this problem by raising the price of the magazine to $3.00 per issue. This will result in our revenue being exactly equal to our cost."
-Refer to Table 7-10.Which of the following statements is correct?

A) The publisher's analysis is correct only if the demand is perfectly elastic.
B) The publisher's analysis is correct only if the demand is elastic.
C) The publisher's analysis is correct only if the demand is perfectly inelastic.
D) The publisher's analysis is correct only if the demand is unit elastic.