Question

One of the growers is excited by the price increase caused by the blight because he believes it will increase revenue in this market. As an economics student, you can use elasticities to determine whether this change in price will lead to an increase or decrease in total revenue in this market.Using the midpoint method, the price elasticity of demand for soybeans between the prices of

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Answer:

Not elastic

Explanation:

The formula for demand elasticity= percentage change in quantity/percentage change in price

Therefore demand elasticity = Q2-Q1/Q2+Q1/2/P2-P1/P2+P1/2

Using graph of demand attached

= 12-15/12+15/2/21-15/21+15/2

= -3/27/2/6/36/2

=-2/9/1/3

=-2/3

=-0.67

Elasticity is less than one and so demand is inelastic