Economics: Principles, Problems, & Policies (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) - Standalone book
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Refer to the accompanying figures. If Mallory and Rick are
the only two consumers in this market, then the market
demand for soda will be 90 cans per month when the
price of a can of soda is
Mallory's Demand for Soda
Price ($/can)
1.501
1.25
1.00
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0.50
0.25
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Quantity (cans of soda/month)
Select one:
O a. $1.50
O b. $0.50
O c. $1.25
O d. $0.75
Price ($/can)
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Rick's Demand for Soda
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Quantity (cans of soda/month)
If an increase in price from $1 to $2 causes a decrease in quantity demanded from 120 to 100, calculate the price elasticity of demand by using
the midpoint method.
O 1.2
O 1.3
O 0.27
O 0.5
Consider the table below. Assuming the law of demand holds, the cell labeled "?" could be which of the following quantities?
Price of a
Quantity of movies
movie
Demanded
$15
155
$17
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Economics: Principles, Problems, & Policies (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) - Standalone book
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