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309.1.2 Supply and Demand 1) Discuss elasticity of demand as it pertains to elastic, unit, and inelastic demand. a) Elasticity of demand are circumstance at which a good or service varies according to prices. These circumstances measures consumers reaction and how they respond to the changes in price by changing the quantity demanded. (PE-of-D = (% Change in Quantity Demanded/% Change in Price)) – When the price for a number of units decreases from positive units pre-dollars to negative units per-dollars, the quantity of units sold increases. i) With regard to elastic demand, the change in quantity demanded due to the price change would increase or be larger. ii) With regard to inelastic demand, the change …show more content…

vi) Income elasticity in terms of normal goods, are goods which are consumed due to an increase in income. For example; when a change in income occur most individual tend to eat out at more expensive establishments, their taste in automobile seem to lean toward more luxury models and so on. This is considering positive, because the income increase is positive and so is the types of purchases. vii) Inferior’ goods have the opposite result. When income changes negatively, inferior goods consumption increases. So to clarify, both of these types of goods are based on income effect, and states that a person's preference on any goods can be defined by normal or inferior goods. 4) Use an example to discuss why demand tends to be relatively elastic in a situation where “Availability of Substitutes” exists. d) Demand, whether consumer or business related tend to be more elastic especially when there’s availability of substitute goods. viii) This may be determinate of the given situation: For example, when gas prices skyrocketed people started looking for alternatives to circumvent the elevate prices. In states like Texas, Utah and Oklahoma, people started to invest in vehicles that used natural gas as an alternative fuel. Because of the cheaper price of natural gas, the demand for these types of vehicles went up, driving up prices for new and used vehicles. Once the price of a gallon of gas under a certain price,

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