DINKS are households with "double income, no kids", and such households are invading your neighbourhood. You decide to take advantage of this influx by starting a gourmet take-away food store. Assume that these DINKS in your neighbourhood are your only potential customers. You know that the price elasticity of demand for your food from DINKS is 0.5, and their income elasticity of demand is 1.5. From the standpoint of the quantity that you sell, explain which of the following changes would concern you most. First, the number of DINKS in your neighbourhood falls by 10 percent. Second, the average income of DINKS falls by 5 percent.

The subway fare in your town has just been increased from 50 cents to $1.00 per ride. As a result, the transit authority notes a decline in ridership of 60 percent. What is the price elasticity of demand for subway rides?

A dog rescue operation finds when it sets its adoption fee at $140 in a month, 200 dogs are adopted, but when they drop the price to $60, 300 dogs are adopted.  What does that mean about the demand elasticity in their area?   Question 4 options:   The elasticity of demand is 0.5 and its relatively elastic   The elasticity of demand is 0.5 and its relatively inelastic   none of these answers are accurate   The elasticity of demand is 2 and its relatively inelastic   The elasticity of demand is 2 and its relatively elastic

Which of the following is most likely to have a low price elasticity of demand? A good that is very expensive. A good with no close substitutes. A good that most people consider a luxury. All are equally likely to have a low price elasticity of demand.

Suppose the elasticity of demand for used cars is estimated to be 3.  What does this mean? What will be the effect on the quantity demanded for used cars if the price rises by 10 Percent? Suppose a university raises its tuition from $3,000 to $3,500.  As a result, student enrollment falls from falls from 5,000 to 4,500.  Calculate the price elasticity of demand.  Is demand elastic, unitary elastic, or inelastic? Suppose the movie theater raises the price of popcorn 10 percent, but customers do not buy any less of it.  What does this tell you about the price elasticity of demand, and what will happen to total revenue as a result of the price increase? Suppose the income elasticity of demand for furniture is 3 and the income       elasticity of demand for physician services is 0.3.  Compare the impact on furniture and physician services of a recession that reduces consumer income by 10%. Opponents of increasing the tax on gasoline argue that the big oil companies just pass the tax…

The following graph gives two points (A and B) along a hypothetical demand curve for tofu. PRICE (Dollars per pound) 12 11 10 9 8 5 3 2 1 0 0 I 10 B A Demand 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 QUANTITY (Thousands of pounds of tofu) ? Using the midpoint method, the price elasticity of demand for tofu between point A and point B is approximately tofu is between points A and B. This indicates that demand for

The price elasticity of demand for beer among young adults (age 18 to 24) is about 1.30, and the number of highway deaths is roughly proportional to the group’s beer consumption. If a state imposes a beer tax that increases the price of beer by 20%, by how much will the number of highway deaths among young adults decrease?

1. As a transit planner for the city of Miami, you must predict how many people ride the Miami Metrorail and how much money is generated from train fares. According to a recent study, the short-run elasticity of demand for Metrorail is 0.62 and the long- run elasticity is 1.59. The current ridership is 50,000 people per day. Suppose the city commission decides to increase fares by 10%. Predict the changes in train ridership over a one-month period and a five-year period. ANS: b. Over the one-month period, will total revenue increase or decrease? What will happen in the five-year period? ANS

Suppose the accompanying table contains data on how many Veggie Delite sandwiches Subway is willing to sell each day at two different prices. Calculate the daily price elasticity of supply when the price increases from $5.00 to $7.50. Please round to the nearest hundredth. Price(per sandwich) Quantity supplied(sandwiches per day) $5.00 200,000 $7.50 210,000 a. Daily price elasticity of supply for Veggie Delite sandwiches = b. The daily price elasticity of supply for Veggie Delite sandwiches is relatively Elastic or Inelastic Now consider how responsive Subway’s supply of Veggie Delite sandwiches is to changes in price on an annual basis instead of a daily basis. c. Compared to the daily value, the annual price elasticity of supply for Veggie Delite sandwiches is likely to be more Inelastic or Elastic  and the annual supply curve is likely Flatter or Steeper  to be than the daily supply curve.

The subway fare in your town has just been increased from 50 cents to $1.00 per ride. As a result, the transit authority notes a decline in ridership of 30 percent. What is the price elasticity of demand for subway rides? –0.45 0.45 2.22 –2.22