Question

A service station owner in Staten​ Island, New​ York, was worried that raising the price of gasoline would cause the quantity demanded to fall by so much that he would be in a worse situation than if he did not raise the price. If raising the price of gasoline would cause the owner to receive less total revenue from the sale of​ gasoline, the demand for gasoline is __________ .

Answer 1

Answer:

The demand for gasoline is elastic .

Explanation:

The elastic demand which is also termed as the price elasticity of demand, according to this concept the demand for a good is sensitive to changes in the price of goods, that means (according to this question ) if the prices of gasoline are increased by the service station owner, than the demand for gasoline would decrease . Here the demand would change by same percentage , that price would change.