1. Compute the price elasticity of demand between these two points. Let quantity demanded = Q‚ Q1= 400 meals/day‚ and Q2= 450 meals/day Let price = P‚ P1= $20‚ and P2= $18 The change in quantity demanded = Q2-Q1 = 450-400= 50 The change in price = P2-P1= $18-$20= -2 The average in demand = (Q2+Q1)/2= (450+400)/2= 850/2=425 The average in price = (P2+P1)/2 = (18+20)/2 =38/2= 19 The percentage change in quantity demand = change in quantity demanded/the average in quantity demand =50/425 = 0.1174 =
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Price levels of the textile products Although the production cost of textile products is normally low‚ the price of them may be cheap‚ but some may be very expensive. The price levels of the textile products in different area thus depend on what kinds of clothing are sold. So there are some differences in the price levels of the textile products sold in different area because the clothing sold are heterogeneous. Cheung Sha Wan Road The textile products sold in Cheung Sha Wan are mainly come from
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Agricultural Prices The recent announcement of Mad Cow disease ignited fears about the safety of U.S. beef‚ largely because the disease is not well understood. The fatal disease known as mad cow (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE) has been found in a country’s cattle affect both supply and demand curves. Research indicates that the impact on domestic demand could be small because consumers respond differently to food safety concerns than to long-run health concerns. Research has shown that
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Price hike:- Price rise send family budgets haywire NEW DELHI: Even as India’s economy is said to boom‚ millions of its citizens are groaning under soaring prices of vegetables and food grains and | | wish the government would do something about this‚ reports from across the country say. From Chandigarh in the north‚ to Ranchi in the east and from Bhopal in central India to Kerala in the south‚ a cacophony of voices has been raised against the relentless price rise‚ with the common man
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Rising prices Rising Prices is becoming an acute problem these days. One has to live from hand to mouth. It has made difficult for everyone to meet both ends. It has forced people to live a miserable life. Necessities are being sold at a great price. The hardest hit is the common man‚ that is‚ the average consumers and the below average consumers or we can say the middle class people and the poor people. Due to price rise‚ the purchase of essential commodities like pulses‚ rice‚ sugar or medicines
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that the price Mediquip was proposing was not very attractive and his offer was “much above the rest” of the offers‚ especially those from Sigma and FNC. The main reason why Mediquip lost the bid is because the sales engineer focused on the technology itself and the technical specs of the CT scanner to explain why the price was relatively high‚ instead of working out a convenient price with the Hospital managers. The salesman was given “a second chance” to be more convincing and lower the price since
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to the table in question 8. Suppose that the government establishes a price ceiling of $3.70 for wheat. What might prompt the government to establish this price ceiling? Explain carefully the main effects. Demonstrate your answer graphically. Next‚ suppose that the government establishes a price floor of $4.60 for wheat. What will be the main effects of this price floor? Demonstrate your answer graphically. Answer: At a price of $3.70‚ buyers will wish to purchase 80‚000 bushels‚ but sellers will
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diagram shows that where the demand and supply intersects‚ indicates the quantity which suppliers wish to market equals the quantity which buyers are willing to take. There are many factors that have determined the general increase in global food prices over the last four years. One factor is in late 2006 the unseasonable droughts in many grain-producing countries. The top three wheat producers in the world are‚ China‚ India‚ and the United States respectively. The consequences of drought include
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Price Determination under Monopoly Monopoly is that market form in which a single producer controls the whole supply of a single commodity which has no close substitute. From this definition there are two points that must be noted: (i) Single Producer: There must be only one producer who may be anindividual‚ a partnership firm or a joint stock company.Thus single firmconstitutes the industry.The distinction between firm and industry disappearsunder conditions of monopoly. (ii) No Close Substitute: The
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THE PRICE OF HAPPINESS Well‚ everything in life has a price‚ and this price tag is different for everything‚ including happiness‚ success or a commitment. We can define happiness as a state of welfare and satisfaction‚ but also as a pleasurable or satisfying experience. But this is not the only definition known of happiness‚ Aristotle defined it as the meaning and the purpose of life‚ the whole aim and end of human existence. Margaret Lee Runbeck‚ said that it is not a station you arrive at‚ it
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