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An article in Trinidadian Gazette described a marketing campaign by a
beverage company. The article states that “many senior managers felt uneasy
about the extremely high prices of carbonated beverages. They also believed
that with the sharp increases there would be a fall in demand which would
again cause prices to fall further. What mistake did the senior managers make
with their analysis of the situation? Illustrate your answer with a graph.
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