Question

4. College logo T-shirts priced at $15 sell at a rate of 25 per week, but when the bookstore marks them down to $10, it finds that it can sell 50 T-shirts per week. a. What is the price elasticity of demand for the logo t-shirts? b. Indicate if the price elasticity of demand for the logo T-shirt is perfectly elastic, relatively elastic, relatively inelastic, or perfectly inelastic

Answer 1

Answer: PED = -1.665

The price demand elasticity is relatively elastic because PED is greater than 1..(ignore the minus sign)

Explanation:

Using the formula PED = % change in quantity/ % change in price

PED = ((Q1 - Q0)/(Q1 + Q0))/((P1 -P0)/(P1+P0))...EQU 1 where Q1 = 50 is quantity of product at Price P1 =10 and Q0 = 25 is quantity of product at Price P0 = 15 and PED is price of elasticity

Substituting figures into equ1

PED = ((50 - 25)/(50+25)) /((10 -15)/(10+15))

PED = -1.665