Question

If a $100 drop in the price of a $10,000 car resulted in an increase in the quantity of cars purchased from 100 to 110 and a $100 drop in the price of a $1,000 vacation rental resulted in an increase in the quantity of weekly vacation homes rented from 100 to 110, the price elasticity of demand is:_______

a. greater for the car.
b. less for the car.
c. the same for both the car and the vacation rental.
d. not comparable.

Answer 1

Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

f a $100 drop in the price of a $10,000 car resulted in an increase in the quantity of cars purchased from 100 to 110 and a $100 drop in the price of a $1,000 vacation rental resulted in an increase in the quantity of weekly vacation homes rented from 100 to 110, the price elasticity of demand the same for both the car and the vacation rental.

The elasticity remains unchanged because the percentage change in price and percentage change in quantity are tne same in both cases.