2. The cross price elasticity is a measure of how demand for one good changes when the price of some other related good changes. The cross price elasticity between two products is found to be -1/2. From the fact that the cross price elasticity is negative the two products must complements or goods that are consumed together. If the price of one of the goods increases, sales fall for goods that are consumed with it yielding a negative cross price elasticity.

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