EU04L4


  • 1
  • The figure illustrates the demand for hamburgers. When the price is £1.00 a hamburger, the price elasticity of demand is __________ and a 1 percent increase in the price will _________ the quantity of hamburgers demanded by __________ percent.

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    1.00; decrease; 0.40
    0.40; decrease; 0.40
    5.00; decrease; 5.00
    2.50; increase; 2.50


  • 2
  • A decrease in the supply of sugar increases the price from £0.95 a packet to £1.05 a packet. The quantity decreases from 55 packets a day to 45 packets a day. The price elasticity of demand of sugar is ______.

    0.5
    -2.0
    2.0
    -0.5


  • 3
  • Suppose that taxation accountants increase the price for their service by 20 percent. The short-run demand for their service is less elastic than the long-run demand because in the long run consumers will __________________.

    spend less on this service
    try to avoid paying their income tax
    experience an increase in income
    find other ways to calculate the income tax they must pay


  • 4
  • The figure illustrates the demand for magazines. Newsagents will maximize their total revenue when they ___________________.

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    sell 375 magazines a day
    sell 750 magazines a day
    charge $2.50 a magazine
    sell as many magazines as it can


  • 5
  • The demand for Caesar salad at Mike's Roadside Restaurant is a straight line. When the price of a Caesar salad is £2.50, the demand for Caesar salad is elastic; and when the price is £2.00, the demand is unit elastic. If Mike's cuts the price from £2.50 to £2.00, its total revenue from Caesar salad ___________________.

    remain the same
    might increase, decrease, or remain the same
    decrease
    will increase


  • 6
  • The figure illustrates the demand for peanuts. If the price falls from £12 to £9 a bag, total revenue will ______________, but if the price increases from £3 to £6 a bag, total revenue will ______________.

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    decrease; decrease
    increase; decrease
    increase; increase
    decrease; increase


  • 7
  • If tea and coffee are substitutes, the cross elasticity of coffee with respect to the price of tea will be _________ and an increase in the price of tea will _________ the demand for coffee.

    negative; decrease
    positive; decrease
    positive; increase
    negative; increase


  • 8
  • If a 5 percent increase in the price of good A leads to a 4 percent decrease in the demand for good B, then ________.

    only one good is a normal good
    the goods are substitutes
    the goods are complements
    both goods are normal goods


  • 9
  • The income elasticity of demand of vacations is 5. If incomes increase by 3 percent next year, the quantity of vacations demanded at today's price will increase by __________.

    5/3 percent
    5 percent
    15 percent
    3 percent


  • 10
  • If a 10 percent change in the price of a good leads to a 5 percent change in the quantity supplied, then the supply of the good is _______________ and the elasticity of supply is _____________.

    elastic; -2.0
    elastic; 2.0
    inelastic; 0.5
    inelastic; -0.5


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