A. +2
B. +0.5
C. -2
D. -0.5
Related Mcqs:
- Price increases from 10 to 12 pence and the price elasticity of demand is -0.5 The quantity demanded was 500 units. What will it be now ?
A. 550 units
B. 500 units
C. 450 units
D. 490 units - If a 4% increase in price leads to a increase in the quantity supplied of 8% ?
A. Supply is price elastic
B. Supply is income elastic
C. Price elasticity of demand is -2
D. Price elasticity of supply is -2 - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town ?
A. 1.4
B. 0.66
C. 0.75
D. 2.0 - The price elasticity of supply is +4 The price increases by 15% sales were originally 200 units What will they be now ?
A. 80 units
B. 320 units
C. 60 units
D. 120 units - If supply is price inelastic the value of the price elasticity of supply must be ?
A. infinite
B. Zero
C. less than 1
D. none of these
E. greater than 1 - If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increase by 20% the cross-price elasticity of demand between beef and chicken is ?
A. -4
B. 0.25
C. 4
D. -0.25 - Suppose that the supply curve of tin is highly inelastic. If the demand curve of tin decrease and increase cyclically along the supply curve of tin, then in this market the size of the quantity fluctuation will bathe size of the price fluctuations ?
A. relatively greater than
B. relatively less than
C. the same as
D. Any of the above - If a fisher must sell all of his daily catch before it spoils for whatever price he is offered once the fish are caught the fisherman’s price elasticity of supply for fresh fish is ?
A. zero
B. infinite
C. one
D. unable to be determined form this information - Instead, assume that global economic expansion causes the quantity of tin demanded to increase by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - If an increase in the price of blue jeans leads to an increase in the demand for tennis shoes, then blue jeans and tennis shoes are ?
A. Complements
B. inferior goods
C. normal goods
D. none of these answers
E. Substitutes
