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A-LevelEconomicsMicroeconomics: Price SystemMay/June 2023Paper 1 Q81 Mark

The cross elasticity of demand between bus travel and rail travel is +2. A rise in the price of bus fares caused the demand for rail travel to rise by 10%. Which change in bus fares would have caused this? [Table 8.1]

Afrom (cents) 20 to (cents) 21
Bfrom (cents) 30 to (cents) 33
Cfrom (cents) 40 to (cents) 45
Dfrom (cents) 50 to (cents) 60

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2023 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Microeconomics: Price System and is worth 1 mark.

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