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craiczarry

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The price of cabbage rises from 0.20 per pound to 0.30 per pound. The quantity of cabbage demanded falls from 800 pounds per week to 600 pounds per week. Use the midpoint formula to calculate the price elasticity of demand for cabbage.
 
  Is the demand elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic?

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When your budget line is just tangent to your indifference curve, you are at the point on the budget line that you least prefer.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

percentage change in quantity demanded = 600  800/700 = -200/700 = -28.6
percentage change in price = 0.30 - 0.20/0.15 = 0.10/0.15 = 66.7
price elasticity of demand = -28.6/66.7 = -0.43

Since the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand is less than one, the demand is inelastic.

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Reply 2 on: Jun 29, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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