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1.“A fall in the price of cabbage from $ 10.50 to $ 9. 50 per bushel increases the quantity demanded from 18,800 to 21,200 bushels. The price elasticity of demand is”0.81.21258

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ANSWER:

1.2

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

We have the following:

Elasticity = Percentage change in quantity demanded/Percentage change in price. Therefore:

[tex]e=\frac{\frac{Q_2-Q_1}{(Q_2+Q_1)\text{/2}}}{\frac{P_2-P_1}{(P_2+P_1)\text{/2}}}[/tex]

Replacing:

[tex]e=\frac{\frac{21200-18800}{(21200+18800\text{)/2}}}{\frac{10.50-9.50}{(10.5+9.50)\text{ /2}}}=\frac{\frac{2400}{20000}}{\frac{1}{10}}=\frac{24000}{20000}=1.2[/tex]

The price elasticity of demand is 1.2

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