Using the midpoint method, your price elasticity of demand as the price of pizzas increases from $10 to $12 is if your income is $20,000 and if your income is $24,000. However, if the price of a pizza is $12, your income elasticity is

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Answer:

Formula of income elasticity is

change in income/change in price *  Price 1/Income 1

4000/2 * 10/20000

so the income elasticity will be 1 which means it is unitary elastic

Answer:

Price elasticity at income $20000 = 1.580

Price elasticity at income $24000 = 2.209

Income elasticity at price $12 = 1.25

Explanation:

First, let's add the missing piece of information for clarity

Price Quantity of Quantity of (Dollars) Pizzas Pizzas

Demanded Demanded

(Income (Income

= $20,000) = $24,000)

8 40 50

10 32 45

12 24 30

14 16 20

16 8 12

Step 1

Given,

Income = $20,000,

The quantity demand for good reduced from 32 to 24 when the price is raised from $10 to $12.

Take,

Q1 = 32; Q2 = 24; P1 = 10; P2 = 12

The midpoint formula to estimate the price elasticity of demand-

(Q2 - Q1)/[(Q1 + Q2)/2]

e = - ----------------------------------

(P2-P1)/[(P1 + P2)/2]

Lets input the values

(24 - 32)/[(24 + 32)/2]

e = - --------------------------------

(12 - 10)/[(10 + 12)/2]

e = - (-8)/[56/2]

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(2)/[22/2]

e = 0.286/0.181

e = 1.580

The price elasticity of demand as the price of pizzas raises from $10 to $12 is 1.580 if the income is $20,000.

Step 2

Given,

Income = $24,000,

The quantity demand for good reduced from 45 to 30 when the price is raised from $10 to $12.

Take,

Q1 = 45; Q2 = 30; P1 = 10; P2 = 12

The midpoint formula to estimate the price elasticity of demand-

(Q2 - Q1)/[(Q1 + Q2)/2]

e = - -------------------------------

(P2-P1)/[(P1 + P2)/2]

Lets input the values

(30 - 45)/[(45 + 30)/2]

e = - -------------------------------

(12 - 10)/[(10 + 12)/2]

e = - (-15)/[75/2]

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(2)/[22/2]

e = 0.400/0.181

e = 2.209

The price elasticity of demand as the price of pizzas raises from $10 to $12 is 2.209 if the income is $24,000.

Step 3

At a $12 price, we have the demand for good raising from 24 to 30 when the income raised from $20,000 to $24,000.

Take,

Q1 = 24; Q2 = 30; I1 = $20,000; I2 = $24,000

Income elasticity of demand (ei):

Is % change in demand of a good as a result of the % change in the income of a consumer. There is a ppsitive relation between the income of a consumer and the quantity demanded.

Formula for income elasticity is:

ei = %change in demand

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%change in income

ei = [(Q2-Q1/Q1) × 100]

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[(I2 - I1/I1) × 100]

ei = [(30-24)/24 × 100]

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[(24,000 - 20,000)/20,000 × 100]

ei = 25/20

ei = 1.25