average price of a visit by 5 percent. Will total revenues increase or decrease as a result of this action? Use the concept of price elasticity to substantiate your answer. THE ANSWER DPENDS ON THE VALUE OF ELASTICITY of demand. If demand is elastic then revenues will fall‚ whereas if demand is inelastic then revenues will rise. This is explained by the relation: change in revenues/ change in price= Q( 1+elasticity). If demand is elastic then the expression becomes negative so that price rises causes
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should spend 35 minutes on this section. Use the data to support your answers where relevant. You may annotate and include diagrams in your answers. 1 One of the roles of the state in a mixed economy is to (1) A maintain price flexibility B allocate goods and services using the price mechanism C ration luxury goods D provide public goods Answer Explanation (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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estimated price elasticity of demand between the market prices of $2.99 versus $1.99‚ Apple must first estimate the percentage change in quantity demanded. Once the company can determine what effect each price will have on the quantity demanded‚ they can apply price elasticity of demand formula which is calculated by dividing the percent change in quantity demanded by the percent change in price. With the price information given‚ the percent change in price is equal to about 50.25%‚ if the new price is
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determined by a. multiplying the price of a product by the product. b. measuring the elasticity of a quantity demanded. c. dividing the price of the product by demand. d. dividing the demand for the product by its price. ____ 2. The relationship between the change in price and total revenue for an elastic demand curve is a. variable. c. inverse. b. unit elastic. d. direct. ____ 3. All of the following are determinants of demand elasticity EXCEPT a. whether the purchase of
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Price elasticity: products with high quality or being highly processed tend to be inelastic demand‚ while row materials are usually elastic. For example‚ a price increase in a car only leads to little decrease in demand‚ in the contrary; a price increase in oil could leads to huge change in market. Market-skimming pricing: two examples came to my mind when I saw this concept‚ Samsung and Apple. As I know that‚ Samsung often set an extremely high price when they release a new cellphone‚ after few
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subscriptions is optimal‚ and‚ at the current prices‚ the marginal revenue from the last subscription sold to a student is $6‚ while the marginal revenue from the last subscription sold to a regular customer is $10. In order to maximize profit‚ the magazine should a. stop offering students a discount on the regular subscription rate. b. offer students a higher discount (lower the price to students). *c. offer students a lower discount (raise the price to students). d. offer all customers the same
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factors requires the marketer conduct research to monitor what is happening in each market the company serves since the effect of these factors can vary by market. i) The nature of the market and demand ii) Elasticity of demand iii) Competitor’s cost‚ price and offers iv) Inflation and deflation v) Interest rate vi) Reseller reaction vii) Social consideration viii) Government policies and regulation ix) Customer Expectation
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A. Discuss elasticity of demand as it pertains to elastic‚ unit‚ and inelastic demand. Elasticity of demand is gauged by the percentage of change in demand when the price of an item varies. If the change in the quantity demanded is greater than 1 the demand is elastic. Elasticity of demand is calculated by ED=quantity demanded/decrease in price. If you reduce the price of milk by 6%‚ and that causes an increase of quantity demanded by 9% the demand for milk is elastic (ED= .09/.06 = 1.5).
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1. If the price of VCRs declines by 20 percent‚ and the quantity sold rises 40 percent‚ what is the price elasticity of VCRs‚ ceteris paribus. [pic] 2. The cross price elasticity between the demand for Washington State apples relative to Pennsylvania apples is +0.7. What can be said about the perceived differences in quality between the two apple varieties? How would your answer change if the cross price elasticity were only +0.1? Since the cross price elasticity is positive
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Price Elastic Products 2 Price Elastic Products Introduction Rising oil prices in the US are not a novel concept. Since the 1970’s when the US realized its vulnerability related to oil and its Eastern providers‚ we have sought energy alternatives (recession.org). This essay will review the concepts of supply‚ demand‚ quantity demand and price influence given the provided scenario wherein the demand for corn has increased due to usage as an alternative energy source. The essay will evaluate
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