As a firm decreases its price more and more, what would be true about the demand elasticity that would be required to hold the firm's total contribution margin constant? 1) It would be impossible to tell without more information 2) It would go down 3) It would stay the same 4) It would go up

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As a firm decreases its price more and more, what would be true about the demand
elasticity that would be required to hold the firm's total contribution margin
constant?
1) It would be impossible to tell without more information
2) It would go down
3) It would stay the same
J
4) It would go up
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