Evaluating the price elasticity of demand


Question: For each of the following changes, show the effect on the demand curve, and state what will happen to the market equilibrium price and quantity in the short run:

a. The price of substitute good rises.
b. Consumer incomes fall, and the good is normal.
c. Consumer incomes fall, and the good is inferior.

If a product's demand function is: Q=30-3p, then calculate the price elasticity of demand when:

a. Product price is $3 using the point elasticity formula.

b. Product price decreases from $4 to $3, using the are elasticity formula.

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