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A-LevelEconomicsThe price system and the microeconomy9708/12 · Feb/Mar 2020 · Q121 Mark

The diagram shows a demand curve for pineapples. What happens to the value of price elasticity of demand (PED) when there is a movement from point X to point Y and what describes the value at point Y? [Figure 12.1]

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Afall, elastic
Bfall, inelastic
Crise, elastic
Dunchanged, unitary

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B: fall, inelastic

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The price system and the microeconomy, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, Feb/Mar 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 12.

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