4.2 Worksheet – Calculating Elasticity of demand 1. Otten Industries sells notebook computers for $800 a computer. Mrs. Otten‚ owner‚ decides to decrease the price of these computers to $750. As a result‚ the quantity demanded for notebook computers rose from 500 to 550. a. Calculate the percentage change in price ___________________ b. Calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded ____________ c. Calculate the elasticity of demand _______________________ d. Is it elastic‚
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Subject : English Do the following questions in your writing skills file -: 1. You are Rohit/Roopali. As President of the Students’ Council of St. Francis Sr. Secondary School‚ Bangalore‚ you have invited a visiting Russian Ballet troupe to give a performance in your school on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. Write a notice in about 50 words informing the students about this event. 2. You are the Director‚ Physical Education of your school. Your school is playing
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Compute the arc price elasticity of demand over this price and consumption quantity range. Ey = ((1800 – 1500) / ((1800 + 1500) / 2)) ((1.75 – 2.25) / ((1.75 + 2.25) / 2)) Ey = 300 ($4.00) -$0.50 (300) Ey = -8% 4. The subway fare in your town has just been increased from a current level of 50 cents to $1.00 per ride. As a result‚ the transit authority notes a decline in ridership of 30 percent. a. Compute the price elasticity of demand for subway rides. fare price increase
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elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded / price to a change in the quantity demanded / the quantity supplied / price. [Delete wrong words.] (b) Give the formula for price elasticity of demand. 2. Back in the mid-1990s‚ the government in the UK announced that for every 10 per cent rise in the price of cigarettes‚ the demand was likely to fall by 6 per cent. If this information was correct‚ what was the value of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes
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or E= P ? Why? ΔP Q P−A At point R‚ Q is not given‚ and ΔQ/ΔP cannot be computed. Thus E = P is the only method to use at point R. P−A Technical Problem 2 Chapter 7 2. The estimated market demand for good X is Qˆ = 70 – 3.5P – 0.6M + 4PZ where Qˆ is the estimated number of units of good X demanded‚ P is the price of the good‚ M is income‚ and PZ is the price of related good Z. (All parameter estimates are statistically significant at the 1
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ability to monopolise a market completely. D. a firm’s ability to raise price without losing all demand for its product. 3. Which of the following would not be considered a legitimate measure of demand elasticity? A. Price elasticity of demand B. Income elasticity of demand C. Supply elasticity of demand D. Cross-price elasticity of demand 4. The price elasticity of demand is calculated by dividing: A. he absolute change in quantity demanded by the absolute change in
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Question 1 0 out of 1 points A minimum wage law in a competitive labor market Answer Selected Answer: causes equality between the quantity of labor supplied and the quantity demanded. Correct Answer: creates a surplus of labor. Response Feedback: creates a surplus of labor. Question 2 0 out of 1 points A price ceiling set below the equilibrium price means that the quantity supplied ____ the quantity demanded so that a ____ exists. Answer Selected Answer: is less than;
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DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN DASMARIÑAS‚ CAVITE A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate Studies in Business De La Salle University-Dasmariñas Dasmariñas‚ Cavite In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in Business Administration ANANIAS V. PERMALINO‚ JR. November 29‚ 2008 DEED OF DECLARATION I‚ Ananias V. Permalino‚ Jr.‚ hereby submit my thesis for oral examination‚ entitled “Demand
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elasticity of demand for a good is the response of A) demand to a one percent change in price of that good B) demand to a one percent change in price of the related good C) quantity demanded to a one percent change in price of that good D) quantity demanded to a one percent change in price of that related good E) demand to a one percent change in income 2. If the price of cheese falls by one percent and the quantity demanded rises by 3 percent‚ then the price elasticity of demand for cheese
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1i) Demand function for air travel between the U.S. and Europe has been estimated to be: ln Q = 2.737 - 1.247 ln P +1.905 ln I where Q denotes number of passengers (in thousands) per year‚ P the (average) ticket price and I the U.S. national income. Determine the price elasticity and income elasticity of demand (8 points). From Lecture Module 3 Equation 4 we learned the alternative formulation of elasticity. Alternative formulation of elasticity EP = dQ/dP * P/Q = dlnQ/dlnP Natural log:
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