A local council raises the price of car parking from sh 6 to sh10 per day and finds that the usage of carparks contracts from 1800 cars a day to 1350 cars per day .calculate the price elasticity of demand for this price change clearly indicating if it is elastic or inelastic good and calculate whether total revenue from the car park rises or falls

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