Use the table below to complete the following exercise. Plot the price and quantity data. Indicate the price elasticity value at each price.

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Question 4a. Use the table below to complete the following exercise. Plot the price and quantity data. Indicate the price elasticity value at each price. What happens to the elasticity value as you move down the demand curve?

Price (GH¢)   % Change in Price  Quantity Demanded   % Change in Qty

5                                                          100

10                         100                          80                                 220

15                          66                           60                                 225

20                          33.                          40                                 233

25                          25                           20                                 250

30                         30.                            0                                 2100

 

 

b. Below the demand curve plotted in (a), plot the total-revenue curve, measuring total revenue onthe vertical axis and quantity on the horizontal axis.

Using the data in (b), what would a 10 percent increase in the price of movie tickets mean for the revenue of a movie theatre if the price elasticity of demand was, in turn, -0.1, -0.5, -1.0 and 5.0?

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