Answer: The price increase is about 6.17 percent.
Explanation:
The price elasticity of supply (PES) is the elasticity of the quantity supplied of a product to its price change. Price elasticity of supply is the ratio of the percentage change in the quantity supplied of a good or service to the percentage change in price.
The Price Elasticity of Supply is positive as a result of the law of supply that states that there's a direct relationship between the quantity supplied and price i.e. a price increase leads to an increase in quantity supplied and vice versa.
To solve the question,
PES = 0.6
% change in quantity supplied = 3.7
% change in price = Unknown
Let percentage change in price be denoted by b.
PES = % change in quantity demanded / % change in price
0.6 = 3.7 / b
Cross multiplying,
b = 3.7 / 0.6
b = 6.17
Recall that b is the percentage change on price.
Therefore, the percentage change in price is 6.17.
