ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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A monopolist is chooses their price (and the associated quantity implied by their demand curve) such that the price elasticity demand could be either -0.5 or -1.2. Which of the following statements
are true:
O -0.5 could be profit maximising, but -1.2 could not be profit maximising
O Neither price-elasticities of demand could be profit maximising
O Both price elasticies of demand could be profit maximising
O -1.2 could be profit maximising, but -0.5 could not be profit maximising
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Transcribed Image Text:A monopolist is chooses their price (and the associated quantity implied by their demand curve) such that the price elasticity demand could be either -0.5 or -1.2. Which of the following statements are true: O -0.5 could be profit maximising, but -1.2 could not be profit maximising O Neither price-elasticities of demand could be profit maximising O Both price elasticies of demand could be profit maximising O -1.2 could be profit maximising, but -0.5 could not be profit maximising
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