Suppose that business travelers and vacationers have the following demand for airline tickets from New York to Boston: Price Quantity Demanded (vacationers) 1,000 tickets 800 600 400 As the price of tickets rises from $150 to $200, what is the price elasticity of demand for (Express answers as a reduced fraction): $150 200 250 300 Quantity Demanded (business travelers) 2,100 tickets (1) business travelers (11) vacationers 2,000 1,900 1,800 which is (elastic/inelastic) which is (elastic/inelastic) (iii) Since the elasticity for business travel is (more/less) essential than vacation travel. elastic than vacationers, we can conclude that business travel is (more/less)
Suppose that business travelers and vacationers have the following demand for airline tickets from New York to Boston: Price Quantity Demanded (vacationers) 1,000 tickets 800 600 400 As the price of tickets rises from $150 to $200, what is the price elasticity of demand for (Express answers as a reduced fraction): $150 200 250 300 Quantity Demanded (business travelers) 2,100 tickets (1) business travelers (11) vacationers 2,000 1,900 1,800 which is (elastic/inelastic) which is (elastic/inelastic) (iii) Since the elasticity for business travel is (more/less) essential than vacation travel. elastic than vacationers, we can conclude that business travel is (more/less)
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