The formula for cross elasticity of demand is percentage change in: Answer Selected Answer: quantity demanded of X/percentage
change in price of Y. Correct Answer: quantity demanded of X/percentage change in price of Y.
Question 2
4 out of 4 points
If the demand for bacon is relatively elastic, a 10 percent decline in the price of bacon will: Answer Selected Answer: increase the amount demanded by more than 10 percent. Correct Answer: increase the amount demanded by more than 10 percent.
Question 3
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The demand for a product is inelastic with respect to price if: Answer Selected Answer:
a drop in price is accompanied by a decrease in the quantity demanded.
Correct Answer: consumers are largely unresponsive to a per unit price change.
Question 4
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(Last Word) Based on the concept of price elasticity of demand, which of the following cases is most likely to occur? Answer Selected Answer: Airlines charging lower fares for business travelers. Correct Answer: Colleges charging lower tuition for low-income students.
Question 5
4 out of 4 points
Antiques tend to have highly inelastic supply curves. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 6
4 out of 4 points
Generally speaking, the demand for luxury goods is more price elastic than is the demand for necessities. Answer
Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 7
4 out of 4 points
Cross elasticity of demand measures the effect of a change in the price of one product on the quantity demanded of another product. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 8
4 out of 4 points
Studies of the minimum wage suggest that the price elasticity of demand for teenage workers is relatively inelastic. This means that: Answer Selected Answer:
an increase in the minimum wage would increase the total incomes of teenage workers as a group.
Correct Answer:
an increase in the minimum wage would increase the total incomes of teenage workers as a group.
Question 9
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Which of the following generalizations is not correct? Answer Selected Answer:
The larger the number of close substitutes available, the greater will be the price elasticity of demand for a particular product.
Correct Answer:
The price elasticity of demand is greater for necessities than it is for luxuries.
Question 10
4 out of 4 points
The price elasticity of demand of a straight-line demand curve is: Answer Selected Answer: elastic in high-price ranges and inelastic in low-price ranges. Correct Answer: elastic in high-price ranges and inelastic in low-price ranges.
Question 11
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The concept of price elasticity of demand measures: Answer
Selected Answer: the sensitivity of consumer purchases to price changes. Correct Answer: the sensitivity of consumer purchases to price changes.
Question 12
4 out of 4 points
The price of old baseball cards rises rapidly with increases in demand because: Answer Selected Answer: the supply of old baseball cards is price inelastic. Correct Answer: the supply of old baseball cards is price inelastic.
Question 13
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(Last Word) Microsoft charges a substantially lower price for a software upgrade than for the initial purchase of the software. This implies that Microsoft views the demand curve for the software upgrade to be: Answer Selected Answer: less elastic than the demand for the original software. Correct Answer: more elastic than the demand for the original software.
Question 14
4 out of 4 points
Assume that a 4 percent increase in income across the economy produces an 8 percent increase in the quantity demanded of good X. The coefficient of income elasticity of demand is: Answer Selected Answer: positive and therefore X is a normal good. Correct Answer: positive and therefore X is a normal good.
Question 15
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If a firm finds that it can sell $13,000 worth of a product when its price is $5 per unit and $11,000 worth of it when its price is $6, then: Answer Selected Answer: the demand for the product is inelastic in the $6-$5 price range. Correct Answer: the demand for the product is elastic in the $6-$5 price range.
Question 16
4 out of 4 points
When the percentage change in price is greater than the resulting percentage change in quantity demanded: Answer Selected Answer: an increase in price will increase total revenue. Correct Answer: an increase in price will increase total revenue.
Question 17
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If the price elasticity of demand for a product is unity, a decrease in price will: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: increase the quantity demanded, but total revenue will be unchanged.
increase the quantity demanded and increase total revenue.
Question 18
4 out of 4 points
A cross elasticity of demand coefficient of +2.5 indicates that the two products are substitutes. Answer Selected Answer: True
Correct Answer: True
Question 19
4 out of 4 points
If the coefficient of income elasticity of demand is positive, the product is an inferior good. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False
Question 20
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The supply curve of antique reproductions is: Answer Selected Answer: perfectly inelastic. Correct Answer: relatively elastic.
Question 21
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In which of the following cases will total revenue increase? Answer Selected Answer: price rises and demand is elastic Correct Answer: price rises and demand is inelastic
Question 22
0 out of 4 points
If the supply of product X is perfectly elastic, an increase in the demand for it will increase: Answer Selected Answer: equilibrium price but reduce equilibrium quantity. Correct Answer: equilibrium quantity but equilibrium price will be unchanged.
Question 23
4 out of 4 points
If price changes and total revenue changes in the opposite direction, demand is relatively elastic. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True
Question 24
4 out of 4 points
The price of product X is reduced from $100 to $90 and, as a result, the quantity demanded increases from 50 to 60 units. Therefore demand for X in this price range: Answer Selected Answer: is elastic. Correct Answer: is elastic.
Question 25
4 out of 4 points
A linear demand curve has a constant elasticity over the full range of the curve. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False