Jack in the Box recently estimated own-price elasticity of demand for large drinks to be -1.2. What percent decrease in unit sales of large drinks will result from a 1% increase in the price of large drinks? [Enter only a positive number. If the answer cannot be determined with this information, enter 99 as your answer]
Jack in the Box recently estimated own-price elasticity of demand for large drinks to be -1.2. What percent decrease in unit sales of large drinks will result from a 1% increase in the price of large drinks? [Enter only a positive number. If the answer cannot be determined with this information, enter 99 as your answer]
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Transcribed Image Text:Jack in the Box recently estimated own-price
elasticity of demand for large drinks to be -1.2.
What percent decrease in unit sales of large drinks
will result from a 1% increase in the price of large
drinks? [Enter only a positive number. If the
answer cannot be determined with this
information, enter 99 as your answer]
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