Elasticity Arc Method: Bill's Bikes recently reduced the price of road bikes from $1,050 to $950.  As a result, sales of mountain bikes fell from 100 to 60 bikes daily and sales of road bikes, increase from 50 to 150.  What is the cross-price elasticity of demand of mountain bikes with respect to the price of road bikes?

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Elasticity Arc Method: Bill's Bikes recently reduced the price of road bikes from $1,050 to $950.  As a result, sales of mountain bikes fell from 100 to 60 bikes daily and sales of road bikes, increase from 50 to 150. 

What is the cross-price elasticity of demand of mountain bikes with respect to the price of road bikes?

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