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Price elasticity of demand when price drop

The Hobbit family buys 72 vegetarian specials yearly at a price of $3.00 each but would consume 192 yearly when the price dropped to $2.40. Therefore their price elasticity of demand is: (w) 4.09. (x) 2.05. (y) 6.15. (z) 0.26.

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