In the mid-1970s,Newsweek magazine reported that the city of Atlanta lowered its city bus fares from 40 cents to 15 cents a passenger.The number of bus riders increased by 15 percent after the fare cut.This set of results indicates that the demand for bus rides in Atlanta at that time was
A) unit elastic.
B) perfectly inelastic.
C) elastic.
D) inelastic.
E) perfectly elastic.

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The Answer of In the mid-1970s,Newsweek magazine reported that the city of Atlanta lowered its city bus fares from 40 cents to 15 cents a passenger.The number of bus riders increased by 15 percent after the fare cut.This set of results indicates that the demand for bus rides in Atlanta at that time was
A) unit elastic.
B) perfectly inelastic.
C) elastic.
D) inelastic.
E) perfectly elastic.

In the Mid-1970s,Newsweek Magazine Reported That the City of Atlanta