ECN 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Midpoint Method, Demand Curve

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The price elasticity of demand is a measure of sensitivity of the quantity demand to price changes. Problem with standard de nition of price elasticity: elasticity from a to b is different than elasticity from b to a. Solution: using the midpoint method is a technique for calculating the percentage changes in prices or quantities (eg. For prices, calculate price changes relative to the average or midpoint of the starting and nal prices) Demand is elastic if the price elasticity of demand is greater than 1. Demand is inelastic if the price elasticity of demand is less than 1. Demand is unit-elastic if the price elasticity of demand is exactly 1. Demand is perfectly inelastic when the quantity demanded does not respond at all to the changes in the price the demand curve is a vertical line. Demand is perfectly elastic when any price. It matters whether the demand is either unit-elastic, inelastic, or elastic.

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1. The concept of price elasticity of demand measures:

a. the slope of the demand curve.

b. the number of buyers in a market.

c. the extent to which the demand curve shifts as the result of a price decline.

d. the sensitiveness of quantities demanded to price changes.

2. When the percentage change in price is less than the resulting percentage change in quantity demanded:

a. demand is elastic.

b. demand is inelastic.

c. demand is unit elastic.

d. none of the above.

3. The elasticity of demand:

a. will be the same at each price-quantity combination on a stable demand curve.

b. tends to be elastic in high-price ranges and inelastic in low-price ranges.

c. tends to be inelastic in high-price ranges and elastic in low-price ranges.

d. is infinitely large for a perfectly inelastic demand curve.

4. Suppose that as the price of Y falls from $2.00 to $1.80 the quantity of Y demanded increases from 110 to 121. It can be concluded that the price elasticity of demand is: _______.

5. Total revenue rises as the price of a good increases if price elasticity of demand is:

a. unitary elastic

b. perfectly inelastic.

6. The demand for such products as salt, bread, and electricity tend to be:

a. relatively price elastic.

b. relatively price inelastic.

c. of unit price elasticity.

d. perfectly price elastic.

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Using the midpoint formula for calculating the elasticity of demand if the price of the good falls from $42 to $38, what would be the elasticity of demand if the quantity demanded changes from:

A. 19 to 21

B. 27 to 33

C. 195 to 205

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In this question, we will determine the price elasticity of demand using both the coefficient of elasticity and the total revenue test.

Use the demand schedule in the table below to answer the following questions.

Quantity Demand	Price
10	200
20	150
30	100
40	50
50	25

a) Calculate the total revenue for each row in the demand schedule. indicate whether total revenue increases or decreases between each row int eh demand schedule. use the total revenue test to classify each price/quantity change as elastic, inelastic, or uni-elastic.

b) calculate the own price-elasticity coefficient for each row in the demand schedule. use the coefficients you calculate to classify each price/quantity change as elastic, inelastic, unit elastic.

in your answer it will be useful to recall that the midpoint formula for percentage change is:

%change midpoint = (final - initial) / ((finial + initial)/2)

and own price elasticity can be calculated by using the formula

Ed= (percentage change in quantity demand of product x) / (percentage change the in the price of product x)

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ECN 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Midpoint Method, Demand Curve

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