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After long hair for men became popular, barbers found that their incomes fell. In an attempt to boost their incomes, many barbers raised the price of a haircut and yet their total revenue fell even more. What can explain this result

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Answer:

the demand for hair cut is elastic

If demand is elastic and price is increased, the fall in demand would exceed the price increase. As a result, income would reduce

Step-by-step explanation:

Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in price of the good.

Price elasticity of demand = percentage change in quantity demanded / percentage change in price

If the absolute value of price elasticity is greater than one, it means demand is elastic. Elastic demand means that quantity demanded is sensitive to price changes.

Demand is inelastic if a small change in price has little or no effect on quantity demanded. The absolute value of elasticity would be less than one

Demand is unit elastic if a small change in price has an equal and proportionate effect on quantity demanded.

Infinitely elastic demand is perfectly elastic demand. Demand falls to zero when price increases

Perfectly inelastic demand is demand where there is no change in the quantity demanded regardless of changes in price.

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