Suppose you have the following information on Sam's budget. Sam has a yearly budget of $2000 to spend on consuming concert ticke
ts or books. The price of one ticket is $25.
The price of one book is $10.
Use this information to complete the table below. For Bundle A assume Sam spends all his income on concert tickets. For Bundle B assume Sam spends 75% of this income on tickets and the remaining 25% on books. For Bundle C assume Sam spends 25% of this income on tickets and the remaining 75% on books. For Bundle D assume Sam spends 100% of his income on books.
Bundles A B C D
Concert Tickets
Books
If a demand curve is linear and downward sloping, different points on the line can show different values of slope. The value of slope will be equal to the ratio of change in price to change in quantity demanded. The value of slope will be the same throughout the line.
The price elasticity is the ratio of change in quantity to change in price. The price elasticity can be different for different points on the demand curve.
The points on the lower parts are more inelastic while the points on the upper portion are more elastic. The midpoint represents unit price elasticity.
Since the upper portion is more price elastic, an increase in price will cause a more than proportionate decrease in the quantity demanded. This will cause the total revenue to decrease.
If you are in a car accident cause by someone else who also has insurance, the type of insurance plan that will not require you to pay out of pocket costs is liability insurance. If the car accident was not your fault and the person who caused the accident is also insured the claim should be paid by him under his coverage and your pocket will be safe as well as your insurance will not be affected.