Question

Sylvia's annual salary increases from $102,300 to $109,500. Sylvia decides to increase the number of vacations she takes from three to four. Use the midpoint method to calculate her income elasticity of demand for vacations. Round your answer to two decimal places.income elasticity of demand:Units This good isa normal good.an inferior good.a luxury good.

Answer 1

Answer:

4.20 and normal good

Explanation:

The computation of the income elasticity of demand is shown below:

= (change in quantity demanded ÷ average of quantity demanded) ÷ (percentage change in income ÷ average of quantity income)  

where,  

Change in income would be

= Q2 - Q1

= 109,500 - 102,300

= 7,200

And, average of income would be

= (109,500 + 102,300) ÷ 2

= 105,900

Change in quantity demanded would be

= 4 - 3

= 1

And, average of quantity demanded would be

= ($4 + 3) ÷ 2

= 3.5

So, after solving this, the income elasticity of demand is 4.20

Since the elasticity comes in positive which means the good is a normal goods