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the pr Change Honest Abe's Used Cars estimates the price elasticity of demand for their cars to be -4.1. Last month, Abe tried a new marketing scheme which decreased the number of cars sold by 87%. Abe must have his prices by 27.87 Abe's total revenue The manager expects the number of websites designed to by At Webs-R-Us, a website design company, the new manager has decided to increase the price of Webs-R-Us services by 15%. She estimates that Webs-R-Us has a price elasticity of demand at -0.30. -43.32 increased and total revenue to increased. decrease increase. Ø 0 %

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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