Question

Consider the market for a breakfast cereal. The​ cereal's price is initially ​$3.60 and 64 thousand boxes are demanded per week. The company that produces the cereal is considering raising the price to ​$4.10. At that​ price, consumers would demand 59 thousand boxes of cereal per week. What is the price elasticity of demandLOADING... between these prices using the midpoint formulaLOADING...​? The price elasticity of demand using the midpoint formula is nothing. ​(Enter your response as a real number rounded to two decimal​ places.)

Answer 1

The Price elasticity of demand is -0.63

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question,

Q1=64

Q2=59

P1=3.60

P2=4.10

%Change in Quantity = Q2-Q1 X 100 / [(Q2+Q1) / 2]

=59-64 X 100 / [(59+64) / 2]

=-5 / [123/2] X 100

=-5/61.5 X 100

=-500/61.5

=-8.13%

%Change in Price= P2-P1 X 100 / [(P2+P1) / 2]

=4.10-3.60 X 100 / [(4.10+3.60) / 2]

=0.50/ [7.7/2] X 100

=0.50/3.85 X 100

=50/3.85

=12.987%

Therefore Price elasticity of demand = -8.13/ 12.99

=-0.625

=-0.63