Multiple Choice
The elasticity of demand measures:
A) whether consumers will buy more or less as the price increases.
B) how much less of a good or service consumers will buy when the price increases.
C) a supplier's estimate of market demand.
D) how consumers substitute across goods when the price of one good increases.
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