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Transcribed Image Text:7. Which of the following statements is (are) correct?
(x) If the coefficient of price elasticity of demand has a value of 1, then the absolute value of the percentage
change in price equals the absolute value of the percentage change in quantity demanded.
(y) The coefficient of price elasticity of demand for a vertical demand curve equals zero because the quantity
demanded does not change as the price changes.
(z) The midpoint method is used to compute elasticity because it gives the same answer regardless of the
direction of change
A.
(x), (y) and (z)
В.
(x) and (y) only
C
(x) and (z) only
D
(y) and (z) only
E. (z) only
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