Last year Emma bought 5 pairs of dress shoes a year. This year she received a 10% raise and bought 6 pairs of shoes. Emma considers shoes a(n):
Normal Good |
Inferior Good |
Elastic Good |
Inelastic Good |
Question 7
Apple just found out that, the iphone 6 in Mexico has an elastic demand. If they want to increase revenue, what do you think they should do?
Decrease the price of iphone 6 |
Increase the price of iphone 6 |
Leave the price unchanged |
Question 8
Assume the demand elasticity of chocolate is constant and equal -1.0. What will happen to the chocolate sales revenue of Nestle, if the price of chocolate increases?
It will increase |
It will decrease |
The change in revenue will be uncertain |
Revenue will not change |
Answer
Option 1
Normal Good
Income and demand are positively related to normal good.
An increase in income increases the demand for a normal good, and a
decrease in income decreases demand for an inferior good.
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Q7
Option 1
Decrease the price
A revenue is maximum when demand is unit elastic, and the price and
elasticity are positively related to the decrease in price up to
unit elastic demand will increase revenue.
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Q8 Answer
Option 2
A -1 elasticity means the demand is unit elastic and an increase in
price will make demand elastic. It will decrease revenue.
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