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Vikentia [17]
1 year ago
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The Acmeville Metropolitan Bus Service currently charges $0.88 for an all-day ticket and is used by an average of 513 riders a d

ay. The bus company is not earning a profit, but according to their contract with the city, they cannot cut the number of buses on the road. They must, therefore, find a way to increase revenues. The bus company is considering increasing the ticket price to $0.99 . The marketing department's studies indicate this price increase would reduce usage to 363 riders per day. Calculate the price elasticity of demand using the midpoint method for bus tickets to determine if the bus company should increase price or decrease price to increase revenues. Enter your answer as an absolute value and round it to two places after the decimal. price elasticity of demand: Determine if demand is elastic or inelastic and what this implies regarding how ticket prices affect revenue. Demand is inelastic, so increasing ticket prices will increase revenue. Demand is inelastic, so decreasing ticket prices will increase revenue. Demand is elastic, so increasing ticket prices will increase revenue. Demand is elastic, so decreasing ticket prices will increase revenue.
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1 answer:
ki77a [65]1 year ago
6 0

Answer:

Price elasticity of demand = Change in Quantity/ Change in Price

Using midpoint formula;

Change in Quantity ;

= \frac{Q2 - Q1}{\frac{Q1 + Q2}{2} } \\\\= \frac{363 - 513}{\frac{513 + 363}{2} }\\\\= -0.342

Change in Price;

= \frac{P2 - P1}{\frac{P1 + P2}{2} } \\\\= \frac{0.99 - 0.88}{\frac{0.99 + 0.88}{2} }\\\\= 0.118

Price elasticity of demand = -0.342/0.118

= -2.90

Demand is elastic, so decreasing ticket prices will increase revenue.

When the elasticity is larger than 1 it means that a 1% change in price will change demand by more than 1%. In this case, a a decrease of price by 1% will bring 2.9% increase in customers.

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