Mead Plumbing currently sells thread seal tape at a price of $42.00 per roll. Their research department has derived the price-demand equation as p = 60 - 0.02x where x is the number of tapes that can be sold at $p per roll of tape. (d) If the current price changes by 10%, what will be the approximate percentage change in demand? (e) Find the price at which a percentage change in price produces the same percentage change in demand.

Mead Plumbing currently sells thread seal tape at a price of $42.00 per roll. Their research department has derived the price-demand equation as p = 60 - 0.02x where x is the number of tapes that can be sold at $p per roll of tape. (d) If the current price changes by 10%, what will be the approximate percentage change in demand? (e) Find the price at which a percentage change in price produces the same percentage change in demand.

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter3: Demand Analysis

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