Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393614077
Author: coppock, Lee; Mateer, Dirk
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 4, Problem 8QFR
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The goods that have elastic and inelastic supply.
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