Weaken Questions - - Question 18

Oil analysts predict that if the price of oil falls by half, the consumer's purchase price for gasoline made from thi...

meisen April 26, 2018

Weaken Questions - #18

Why is D wrong?

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Anita May 1, 2018

Great question. The purchase price would remain the same, even if the quantity increased. It is still (say) $4/gallon even if they buy twice as much. Does that help?

Shirnel May 7, 2020

I chose D too but now I see why it's wrong. "amount of gasoline purchased" is irrelevant to the "price of oil" and the "consumer purchase price of gas."

Stimulus is an example of a correlation. Am I correct?