Price-elasticity of demand coefficient


PRICE-ELASTICITY OF DEMAND:

 

P1

P2

QD1  

QD2

I

II

III

IV

V

1

1

2

10

5

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

3

60

100

 

 

 

 

 

3

12

20

100

100

 

 

 

 

 

4

3

2

7

7

 

 

 

 

 

5

0.30

1.20

20

15

 

 

 

 

 

6

1 1/2

2.75

7

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

7

3.5

2 1/8

20

15

 

 

 

 

 

8

5

5.000...01

1x106

0

 

 

 

 

 

9

5

4.9999.....

10

1x109

 

 

 

 

 

10

12

24

24

12

 

 

 

 

 

11

13

26

260

130

 

 

 

 

 

12

7

16

32

24

 

 

 

 

 

13

7

16

78

78

 

 

 

 

 

14

39

52

117

104

 

 

 

 

 

15

65

91

1300

780

 

 

 

 

 

16

4

5

13

7

 

 

 

 

 

17

7

4

16

24

 

 

 

 

 

18

143

273

520

390

 

 

 

 

 

19

78

91

780

780

 

 

 

 

 

20

91

78

780

780

 

 

 

 

 

In the cases above, please, determine:

Q1. The price-elasticity of demand coefficient?

Q2. The name as elastic, inelastic,  unitary,  perfectly elastic or perfectly inelastic?

Q3. The type of good as luxury or necessity?

Q4. The change in total revenue or total expenditure (δtr = p x qd), that is, the monetary result of substracting tr before price change and after price change?

Q5. The direction of the change, δtr , also in monetary terms, that is, increasing or decresing, and by how much?  (show a + sign for increasing and a   –   sign for decreasing).

Note: For any monetary result please include the applicable currency symbol ($, €, etc.)

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