The price of a good reduced by one-third and the quantity supplied reduced by two-thirds. The price elasticity of supply is .

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Solution

The correct option is D 2
Given that $Δ p = \frac{p}{3} Δ q = \frac{2 q}{3} ϵ_{s} = \frac{Δ q}{Δ p} \times \frac{p}{q} = \frac{2 q}{p} \times \frac{3}{3} \times \frac{p}{q} ϵ_{s} = 2$

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