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Transcribed Image Text:If a linear demand curve A is 'more elastic' than another linear demand curve B then which of the following is true?
The value of the PED is lower on A than on B at all points on the curve.
The absolute value of the PED is lower on A than on B at any point where they cross.
The value of the PED is lower on
A than on B at any point where they cross.
The absolute value of the PED is lower on A than on B at all points on the curve.
None of the above.
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