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Transcribed Image Text:Consider two markets: the market for coffee and the market for hot cocoa. The initial equilibrium for both markets is the same,
the equilibrium price is $5.50, and the equilibrium quantity is 23.0. When the price is $12.75, the quantity supplied of coffee is
71.0 and the quantity supplied of hot cocoa is 111.0. For simplicity of analysis, the demand for both goods is the same.
Using the midpoint formula, calculate the elasticity of supply for hot cocoa. Please round to two decimal places.
Supply in the market for coffee is
O more elastic than supply in the market for hot cocoa.
less elastic than supply in the market for hot cocoa.
the same elasticity as supply in the market for hot cocoa.
There is not enough information to tell which has a higher elasticity.
O O O O
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