Increase in Price from Rs. 4 to Rs. 6 then decrease in demand from 15 ...
Given:
Initial price (P1) = Rs. 4
Final price (P2) = Rs. 6
Initial demand (Q1) = 15 units
Final demand (Q2) = 10 units
To calculate price elasticity of demand, we use the formula:
Elasticity = ((Q2 - Q1) / Q1) / ((P2 - P1) / P1)
Substituting the values, we get:
Elasticity = ((10 - 15) / 15) / ((6 - 4) / 4)
Elasticity = (-5/15) / (2/4)
Elasticity = -0.66
However, the question asks for point elasticity. For that, we need to take the absolute value of the elasticity:
Point Elasticity = |-0.66|
Point Elasticity = 0.66
Therefore, the correct answer is option A) 0.66.
Explanation:
- Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of demand to a change in price.
- It is calculated as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price.
- The value of elasticity can be negative, positive or zero. A negative value indicates an inverse relationship between price and demand (i.e., as price increases, demand decreases).
- The magnitude of elasticity determines whether demand is elastic (greater than 1), inelastic (less than 1), or unitary (equal to 1).
- Point elasticity measures the elasticity at a specific point on the demand curve, i.e., the elasticity at a particular price and quantity.
- In this case, the price increased by 50% (from Rs. 4 to Rs. 6) and the demand decreased by 33.33% (from 15 units to 10 units).
- Plugging in the values in the formula, we get a negative value of -0.66 for elasticity, indicating an inverse relationship between price and demand.
- However, since the question asks for point elasticity, we take the absolute value to get 0.66, indicating that demand is relatively inelastic at this point on the demand curve.
Increase in Price from Rs. 4 to Rs. 6 then decrease in demand from 15 ...
∆P = P1 - P = 6 - 4 = 2 ∆Q = Q1 - Q = 10 - 15 = -5 Price Elasticity= P/Q × ∆Q/∆P =(-) 4/15×(-)5/2 =0.66