Question

The price elasticity of demand is: ________ A. negative, but the minus sign is ignored. B. positive, but the plus sign is ignored. C. positive for normal goods and negative for inferior goods. D. positive because price and quantity demanded are inversely related.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. negative, but the minus sign is ignored.

Step-by-step explanation:

The price elasticity of demand is negative, but the minus sign is ignored.

By definition, price elasticity of demand can be defined as the degree of responsiveness of a change in quantity demanded as a result of a change in price of the commodity.

That is, one percent change in price leads to one percent change in quantity demanded.

Price elasticity of demand is negative but the minus sign is ignored. In economics, we interpret the value in absolute terms such that the minus sign is ignored. When PED is negative, it implies that a one percent change in price of a commodity will lead to a small change in quantity demanded of the commodity. In this case, PED is fairly inelastic; that is, Ed < 1. The commodity in question is a normal good and is conformed to law of demand which states that the higher the price of a commodity, the lower the quantity demanded, and vice versa, all things being equal (celeris paribus).