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yoroshambo

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Before the nation's first transcontinental railroad was completed, travelers to the Pacific Coast used which forms of transportation?
 a. ship, wagon
  b. dugout canoe, dirigible
  c. horse
  d. All of the above are correct.

Question 2

Which of the following statements correctly characterizes the elasticity of demand for food?
 a. While food demand is not very responsive to changes in price, increases in income produce big increases in the demand for food.
  b. As income increases, the quantity demanded of food decreases.
  c. If the price of food falls by 5 percent, quantity demanded will rise by less than 5 percent.
  d. People consume the same amount of food regardless of the price of food.


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Bigfoot1984

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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a ship, wagon

Answer to Question 2

c. If the price of food falls by 5 percent, quantity demanded will rise by less than 5 percent.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 30, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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