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a.The price elasticity of demand for a firm's product is equal to -1.75 over the range of prices being considered by the firm's manager. If the manager increases the price of the product by 9 percent, the manager predicts the quantity demanded will ________ (increase, decrease) by ________ percent.

b.The price elasticity of demand for an industry's demand curve is equal to -1.75 for the range of prices over which supply decreases. If total industry output is expected to decrease by 14 percent as a result of the supply decrease, managers in this industry should expect the market price of the good to ________ (increase, decrease) by ________percent.