The price elasticity of demand for a good is likely to be less elastic .

if a change in the price of the good brings about a much smaller change in the quantity demanded for the good.

Explanation:

The price elasticity of demand is a measure of the change in the demand for a good in relation to a change in the price of the same good. Mathematically, the price elasticity of demand for a product is represented as:

Price elasticity = change in the quantity demanded/change in price

The value of price elasticity of demand ranges from 0 to infinity. The price elasticity of demand is

Less elastic price elasticity of demand is equivalent to relatively inelastic price elasticity. This thus means that the price elasticity of demand is less than 1; a percentage change in the price of the good brings about a disproportionately smaller percentage change in the quantity demanded for the good.

metallurgy is your answer

the "study of metals and the process of refining ("

note that it says metal. metallurgy has the word "metal" in it, and so is most likely your answer (and is your answer).

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