Studies indicate that the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is about 0.4. A government policy aimed at reducing smoking changed the price of a pack of cigarettes from $2 to $6. According to the midpoint method, the government policy should have reduced smoking by

A) 30 percent.
B) 40 percent.
C) 80 percent.
D) 250 percent.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded or supplied of a good changes in response to a price change.

Midpoint Method

A technique used in economics to calculate the elasticity of demand or supply between two points on a curve by using the average of the initial and final quantities and prices.

Smoking Reduction

Efforts or strategies aimed at decreasing the prevalence of tobacco smoking among individuals or populations.