Question #274000

Ralph advertises to sell cookies for Php 200 a dozen. He

sells 75 dozen and decides that he can charge more. He raises the price

to Php 300 a dozen and sells 45 dozen. What is the elasticity of demand?


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Expert's answer
2021-12-03T13:08:38-0500

 The elasticity of demand (PED) is:


PED=ΔQΔPPED=\frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta P}


where;

ΔQ=Q2Q1Q1=457575=0.4\Delta Q=\frac{Q_2-Q_1}{Q_1}=\frac{45-75}{75}=-0.4


ΔP=P2P1P1=300200200=0.5\Delta P=\frac{P_2-P_1}{P_1}=\frac{300-200}{200}=0.5


PED=0.40.5=0.8PED=\frac{-0.4}{0.5}=-0.8


 The elasticity of demand is -0.8 that is negative. This means the increase in price leads to decrease in quantity demanded in the market.





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