Quiz 7: Elasticity Watch out for sign changes! They may be expressed as increase/decrease, rise/fall, ote] 1. Determine

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Quiz 7: Elasticity Watch out for sign changes! They may be expressed as increase/decrease, rise/fall, ote] 1. Determine the price elasticity of demand it, in response to an increase in price of 10 percent, quantity demanded decreases by 20 percent 2 When tolls on the Dulles Airport Greenway were reduced from $1.75 to $100 traffic increased from 10.000 to 26.000 trips a day. Assuming all changes in quantity were due to the change in price, what is the price elasticity of demand for the Dulles Airport Greenway? 3 One football season Domino's Pizza a corporate sponsor of the Washington Redskins (a football team), offered to reduce the price of its $8 medium-size pizza by $1 for every touchdown scored by the Redskins during the previous week. Until that year the Redskins weren't scoring many touchdowns. Much to the surprise of Domino's in one week in 1999, the Redskins scored 4 touchdowns (Maybe they like pizza) Domino's pizzas were seling for $4 a pie! The quantity of pizzas demanded soared the following week from 30 pies an hour to 70 pies an hour What was price elasticity of demand for Domino's pizza? Use the Midpoint Theorem. 4 University of Richmond Professor Erik Craft analyzed the states pricing of vanity plates. He found that in California, where vanity plates cost $28.75, the elasticity of demand was 0 52 in Massachusetts, where vanity plates cost 550, the elasticity of demand was 3 52 a Assuming vanity plates have zero production cost and his estimates are correct was each state collecting the maximum revenue it could from vanity plates? Explain your reasoning b. What would you recommend to each state so that each maximizes tax revenue? c. Which state's policy is least popular with the citizens of the respective states? 5 When the price of ketchup rises by 15 percent, the demand for hot dogs falls by 1 percent What is the cross price elasticity of demand? b. Are they complements or substtutes? a 6 When consumer incomes fall by 5% and quantity demanded for pianos falls by 20% a What is the income elasticity of demand? b Are pianos normal or inferior? If normal, are they luxuries or necessities?