If the demand for tin is relatively inelastic to price changes, an increase in the supply for tin will cause a   A. decrease in price and a decrease in sales revenue.   B. increase in price and an increase in sales revenue.   C. decrease in price and an increase in sales revenue.   D. increase in price and a decrease in sales revenue.

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If the demand for tin is relatively inelastic to price changes, an increase in the supply for tin will cause a
  A.

decrease in price and a decrease in sales revenue.

  B.

increase in price and an increase in sales revenue.

  C.

decrease in price and an increase in sales revenue.

  D.

increase in price and a decrease in sales revenue.

 

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