Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition
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Chapter5: Buying The Necessities
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 20AA
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Price1 |
Price2 |
Quantity 1 | Quantity2 | ||
demand for |
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a.cashews | 7.50dollar per pound | 6.00 dollar per pound | 800 pounds per month | 1,000 pounds per month 65 per year | |
b.portable hard drive (1 terabyte) |
80 dollar | 120 dollar | 75 per year | 65 per year | |
c.12-gauge copper wire | 0.60 per lineal foot | 0.45 per lineal foot | 2,5000 lineal feet per week | 5,000 lineal feet per week | |
d.Toothpaste |
2.00 dollar per tube | 2.40 dollar per tube | 10 tubes per moth | 9 tubes per month |
Using the midpoint formula, calculate elasticity for each of the following changes in demand.
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