You work for Larry's Lobsters Emporium. The economic analysis consulting firm Larry hired has sent a report related to several local market goods. Lobster and Shrimp have a cross-price elasticity of +2.5 Lobster and cheese biscuits have a cross-price elasticity of -0.8. Larry sells all of these at his Lobsters Emporium. Larry really doesn't understand what this means. He is thinking of raising the price of his lobster meal by 10%. Using the data above explain how raising lobster prices will effect his business.
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