Answer:
Inelastic
Explanation:
Elasticity of demand = percentage change in quantity demanded / percentage change in price
percentage change in quantity demanded =
35,000 - 40,000/40,000 = -0.125 = -12.5%
percentage change in price = $10 - $8 / $8 = 0.25 = 25%
Elasticity = -12.5%/25%= -0.5
Demand is inelastic because the elasticity of demand is a less than 1.
Elasticity of demand measures how quantity demanded changes when price change.
Demand is inelastic when a change in price has no effect on quantity demanded. Inelastic demand has a value of less than 1 .
Demand is elastic if a change in price has an effect on quantity demanded. Elastic demand has a value of more 1
Unitary elastic is when a change in price has the same proportional effect on a change in quantity demanded. Unitary elastic demand has a value of 1.
The question is incomplete:
If Farmer Brown plants no seeds on his farm, he gets no harvest. If he plants 1 bag of seeds, he gets 5 bushels of wheat. If he plants 2 bags, he gets 9 bushels. If he plants 3 bags, he gets 12 bushels. A bag of seeds costs $120, and seeds are his only cost.
Farmer Brown's total-cost curve is
a. increasing at an increasing rate.
b. increasing at a decreasing rate.
c. increasing at a constant rate.
d. decreasing.
Answer:
a. increasing at an increasing rate.
Explanation:
To determine the answer, you can create a graph with the information given hich is attached.
You can see that the curve is increasing and because of that you can eliminate option d that is decreasing. Then, you have to consider that increasing at a constant rate would show an straight line which is not the case. Also, increasing at a decreasing rate would show a decreasing slope which is not what you see in the graph. Because of that, the answer is that Farmer Brown’s total cost curve is increasing at an increasing rate because the graphs shows an increasing slope.