The cross-price elasticity of demand for books and magazines is −2.0. If the price of magazines decreases by 10 percent, the quantity demanded of books will:
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fall by 20 percent.
rise by 20 percent.
rise by 2.0 percent.
fall by 2.0 percent.
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