Sandy's Sandwich Sitdown
priced its lunch treats
at $2.00
,
they sold 250
per day
.
When the price was $3.00
,
they sold 200
per day
.
Based on this information and using the average-values formula, the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for lunch treats
is
Part 2
A.2.50
2.50
B.0.56
0.56
C.1.79
1.79
D.0.40
0.40
To calculate the price elasticity of demand, we can use the formula:
Price Elasticity of Demand = (Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded) / (Percentage Change in Price)
First, let's calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded:
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = ((New Quantity Demanded - Old Quantity Demanded) / Old Quantity Demanded) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = ((200 - 250) / 250) * 100 = (-50 / 250) * 100 = -20%
Next, let's calculate the percentage change in price:
Percentage Change in Price = ((New Price - Old Price) / Old Price) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = ((3.00 - 2.00) / 2.00) * 100 = (1.00 / 2.00) * 100 = 50%
Now we can plug these values into the formula to find the price elasticity of demand:
Price Elasticity of Demand = (-20% / 50%)
Price Elasticity of Demand = -0.4
The absolute value of the price elasticity of demand is 0.4.
Answer: D. 0.40
NO, the answer is .56
Apologies for the incorrect response. Let's recalculate the price elasticity of demand using the correct formula:
Price Elasticity of Demand = (Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded) / (Percentage Change in Price)
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = ((New Quantity Demanded - Old Quantity Demanded) / Old Quantity Demanded) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = ((200 - 250) / 250) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = (-50 / 250) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = -20%
Percentage Change in Price = ((New Price - Old Price) / Old Price) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = ((3.00 - 2.00) / 2.00) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = (1.00 / 2.00) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = 50%
Price Elasticity of Demand = (-20% / 50%)
Price Elasticity of Demand = -0.4
To obtain the absolute value, we ignore the negative sign:
Absolute Value of Price Elasticity of Demand = |-0.4|
Absolute Value of Price Elasticity of Demand = 0.4
Therefore, the correct answer is D. 0.40.
the correct answer is .56 not .40 but how do I get .56?
Apologies for the confusion. To calculate the price elasticity of demand, we use the formula:
Price Elasticity of Demand = (Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded) / (Percentage Change in Price)
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = ((New Quantity Demanded - Old Quantity Demanded) / Old Quantity Demanded) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = ((200 - 250) / 250) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = (-50 / 250) * 100
Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded = -20%
Percentage Change in Price = ((New Price - Old Price) / Old Price) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = ((3.00 - 2.00) / 2.00) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = (1.00 / 2.00) * 100
Percentage Change in Price = 50%
Price Elasticity of Demand = (-20% / 50%)
Price Elasticity of Demand = -0.4
To obtain the absolute value, we ignore the negative sign:
Absolute Value of Price Elasticity of Demand = |-0.4|
Absolute Value of Price Elasticity of Demand = 0.4
Again, I apologize for the incorrect calculation in my previous response. The correct answer is indeed D. 0.40.
To calculate the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand, we can use the average-values formula:
Price elasticity of demand = (percentage change in quantity demanded) / (percentage change in price)
First, let's calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded:
Change in quantity = 250 - 200 = 50
Percentage change in quantity = (50 / 200) * 100 = 25%
Next, let's calculate the percentage change in price:
Change in price = 3.00 - 2.00 = 1.00
Percentage change in price = (1.00 / 2.00) * 100 = 50%
Now, we can calculate the price elasticity of demand using the formula:
Price elasticity of demand = (25% / 50%) = 0.50
Since we want the absolute value, the answer is 0.50.
Therefore, the correct answer is B. 0.50.
To find the price elasticity of demand using the average-values formula, we need to calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded (Q) and the percentage change in price (P).
The formula for price elasticity of demand is:
E = (Q2 - Q1) / (Q2 + Q1) / (P2 - P1) / (P2 + P1)
Let's calculate the percentage changes in quantity demanded and price:
Percentage change in quantity demanded:
(Q2 - Q1) / Q1 * 100
(200 - 250) / 250 * 100
-50 / 250 * 100
-20%
Percentage change in price:
(P2 - P1) / P1 * 100
(3.00 - 2.00) / 2.00 * 100
1.00 / 2.00 * 100
50%
Now we can substitute these values into the formula:
E = (-20%) / (20%) / (50%) / (150%)
Simplifying the formula, we get:
E = (-20%) / (50%) / (150%)
To find the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand, we need to ignore the negative sign:
E = 0.20 / 0.50 / 1.50
Simplifying further, we get:
E = 0.40 / 1.50
Calculating this, we find:
E ≈ 0.27
Therefore, the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for lunch treats is approximately 0.27.
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