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Pete's Power Pizzas sells a chocolate/tofu filled pastry. Pete's currently sells this pastry for $11.01, and makes it for a variable cost of $6.82 per

Pete's Power Pizzas sells a chocolate/tofu filled pastry. Pete's currently sells this pastry for $11.01, and makes it for a variable cost of $6.82 per pie. A drop in cocoa prices will reduce variable cost for this product by $0.74 per pie. Pete's is thinking of reducing the pie's selling price by $1.03. By what percent must Quantity demanded increase so that Pete's just maintains its current total contribution margin (margin per unit times units sold)? 

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