Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH104/December 2011/Question 05 (c)
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Question 05 (c) |
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Use elasticity to estimate the percentage change in price from $2 required to result in a 5% increase in demand. |
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One way to estimate elasticity is to calculate the fraction of percentage change in demand over the percentage change in price. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. The elasticity approximates the percentage change in demand over the percentage increase in price. If denotes the percent change in price, at p=2$, for a 5% increase in demand then we need to find so that . Thus, using the elasticity calculated in the previous question, . This is a negative number, as we'd expect (to increase demand, the price must decrease). The price should be decreased by about 15% to yield a 5% increase in demand. |