Suppose that there is only one small clothing store in the remote village of Green Acres, and until fairly recently all of the townspeople bought most of their clothing there. As more people in Green Acres use the internet to shop for clothes, the price elasticity of demand for shirts at the Green Acres store will: a. decrease because the Internet offers more substitutes.
b. remain the same, but the quantity demanded will decrease as more people shop online.
c. remain the same, but the demand will decrease as more people shop online.
d. increase because the Internet offers more substitutes.

D)increase because the internet offers more substitutes

Explanation:

From the question we are are informed about a situation where there is only one small clothing store in the remote village of Green Acres, and until fairly recently all of the townspeople bought most of their clothing there. In the case that more people in Green Acres use the internet to shop for clothes, the price elasticity of demand for shirts at the Green Acres store will increase because the internet offers more substitutes.price elasticity of demand which is the degree to which there is a change in amount of quantity that is been demanded as a result in the change in price, so on this case as the Green Acres use the internet to shop for clothes the price elasticity of demand for shirts at the Green Acres store will increase and this is as a result of the substitute that is been provided by the internet.

Note that substitute in business means that both the shop online and the clothing stores in the village are offering same purpose. They are substitute.

the answer is b hope you pass

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