Elasticity
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The price elasticity of demand is 5.0 if a 10 percent increase in the price results in a ________ decrease in the quantity demanded.
50%
(wrong answers:
10%,
50%,
2%,
5%)
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Negative sign in YED denotes:
Inferior Good
(wrong answers:
Normal Good,
Luxury Good,
Inferior Good,
Necessity Good)
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XED = - 0.43
Complement & Inelastic
(wrong answers:
Complement & Elastic,
Substitute & Elastic,
Substitute & Inelastic,
Complement & Inelastic)
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YED = + 2.4
Normal good & Necessity good
(wrong answers:
Normal good & Necessity good,
Normal good & Inelastic,
Inelastic & Luxury good,
Normal good & luxury good )
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When PED is elastic then increase in price leads to...
Decrease in revenues
(wrong answers:
Increase in revenues,
Increase in profits,
Decrease in profits,
Decrease in revenues)
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When PED is inelastic then increase in price leads to...
Increase in revenues
(wrong answers:
Decrease in revenues,
Decrease in profit,
Increase in revenues,
Increase in profits)
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Income inelastic is:
% change in QD is less than % change in income
(wrong answers:
% change in QD is greater than % change in income,
% change in QD is less than % change in income ,
% change in QD is greater than % change in price,
% change in QD equal to % change in income)