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horrorfan [7]
3 years ago
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Suppose the price of Twinkies is reduced from $1.45 to $1.25 and, as a result, the quantity of Twinkies demanded increases from

2,000 to 2,200. Using the midpoint method, the price elasticity of demand for Twinkies in the given price range is
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2 answers:
Nookie1986 [14]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The price elasticity of demand for Twinkies in the given price range is 0.641.

Explanation:

The price of Twinkies is reduced from $1.45 to $1.25.

The quantity of Twinkies demanded increases from 2,000 to 2,200.

Price elasticity of demand for Twinkies

= \frac{\frac{Q2 - Q1}{\frac{Q2 + Q1}{2} } }{\frac{P2 - P1}{\frac{P2 + P1}{2} } }

= \frac{\frac{2,200 - 2,000}{\frac{2,200 + 2,000}{2} } }{\frac{\$ 1.25 - \$ 1.45}{\frac{\$ 1.25 + \$ 1.45}{2} } }

= \frac{\frac{200}{\frac{4,200}{2} } }{\frac{\$ 0.20}{\frac{\$ 2.70}{2} } }

= \frac{\frac{200}{2100} }{\frac{\$ 0.20 }{\$ 1.35} }

= \frac{0.095}{0.148}

= 0.641

uranmaximum [27]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The ped is 0.64 (rounded to 2 decimal places)

Explanation:

Elasticity  is the responsiveness of quantity demanded or sold with respect to price holding all other factors constant

Price elasticity of demand (Ped)  is the change in quantity demanded in a given  market as a result of changes in pricing of goods or services offered in that market.

Ped = percentage change in quantity demanded/ percentage change in price  

The mid-point method is carried out in three steps:

  1. Compute the average price and quantity given the changes in prices and quantity. In this case, average price is 1.35 ((1.45 +1.35)/2) and average quantity is 2100 ((2200 +2000)/2)
  2. Calculate the percentage change in both price and quantity. Using the price average as the denominator. the percentage change in price is 14.815  ((1.25-1.45)/1.35) and the percentage change in quantity is 9.524 ((2200-2000)/2100)
  3. Compute the Ped: 9.524/14.815 = 0.643

Note: the price elasticity of demand has no units

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