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A 10% increase in cigarette prices has been found to result in a _____ decrease of smokers.

A.
2%
B.
4%
C.
10%
D.
20%

User Olha
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Answer:

B. 4%

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User JoGr
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The best answer would be B, 4%. The amount you increase a cigar by should have slightly less than half of the number of smoke-buyers as a result, 2% is too low and it will not decrease by the same percentage the price increased.
User Yatin Khullar
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