2 percent increase in the price of milk causes a 4 percent reduction in the quantity demanded of chocolate syrup. 1. How should this condition be interpreted? * a. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price inelastic, consumers react weakly to the change in the price of milk. b. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price elastic, consumers react strongly to the change in the price of milk. c. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price elastic, consumers react weakly to the change in the price of milk. d. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price inelastic, consumers react strongly to the change in the price of milk.   2. The consumers who purchase milk consider the demand chocolate syrup as * a. a normal good b. an inferior good

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A 2 percent increase in the price of milk causes a 4 percent reduction in the quantity demanded of chocolate syrup.

1. How should this condition be interpreted? *

a. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price inelastic, consumers react weakly to the change in the price of milk.

b. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price elastic, consumers react strongly to the change in the price of milk.

c. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price elastic, consumers react weakly to the change in the price of milk.

d. The demand for chocolate syrup is cross-price inelastic, consumers react strongly to the change in the price of milk.

 

2. The consumers who purchase milk consider the demand chocolate syrup as *

a. a normal good

b. an inferior good

c. a substitute good

d. a complementary

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